This is only the fifth time in its six-decade history that NATO PA has held a session in a country outside the trans-Atlantic Alliance.
The four-day NATO PA meeting opened a day after Alliance leaders held a summit in Brussels which stressed unity in the struggle against terrorism and highlighted the need for Allied nations to boost military capabilities to better share the security burden. Both issues are high on the agenda of the Assembly’s session.
More than 200 lawmakers from parliaments of NATO Allies and 21 partner countries attended the meeting in Tbilisi. Other issues on the agenda included security challenges in the Arctic; the humanitarian and security implications of the war in Syria; and ballistic missile defence.
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