What Georgia can do, is to continue to implement reforms; We need strong democratic institutions, - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference held together with President Salome Zourabichvili.According to him, NATO have had substantial political dialogue, over the last year with meetings of the NATO-Georgia Commission. “Last September I met with the Georgian Prime Minister Georgian Foreign Minister. And also, NATO's Foreign Ministers met with Georgia's Foreign Minister to discuss Black Sea security.

And then as the President referred to, we have strengthened our substantial package, so we can also further strengthen our practical cooperation.

We have the NATO liaison office in Tbilisi, we have the joint training, and emulation centre, and with the enhanced package, we are focusing on different things but, including the implementation of secure communications projects, continued support to the joint training, and emulation centre and more NATO-Georgia exercises in 2022. On top of that we will also further strengthen what we do in the maritime domain and NATO has provided some support to your Coast Guard. We're now looking into how we can further strengthen that cooperation.

What Georgia can do, is to continue to implement reforms. We need strong democratic institutions. We need to make sure that we have more than, and capable security institutions. And of course, civilian control over both the military and the intelligence services. On all these issues we're working together, and reform is the key effort, the key task for Georgia, as you move towards NATO membership.