The United States Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has already arrived in Georgia. Deputy Minister of Defence Mikheil Darchiashvili greeted the Head of Pentagon at the Tbilisi International Airport and wished him a successful visit, reports GHN based on the Ministry of Defense.
Ambassador of the United States in Georgia Richard Norland, his Georgian counterpart Archil Gegeshidze and U.S. Defence Attaché to Georgia, Colonel Mathew Dimmick also greeted the US official at the airport. The United States Secretary of Defense paid the first official visit to Georgia. Tomorrow, Minister of Defence Irakli Alasania will receive his American counterpart in the Ministry of Defence. Meetings with prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili are scheduled as well. Under the visit agenda the high representatives from Pentagon will go to the Heroes` Square to lay the wreath on the memorial of heroes who fell in the fight for the unity and independence of Georgia. Within an official visit, Chuck Hagel will meet and address the US Marine Forces and the Georgian military servicemen in the National Training Centre "Krtsanisi". Two day official visit of the United States Secretary of Defense in Georgia will be over on 8 September.