Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli is on a three-day visit to Japan, where she plans to sign a memorandum of cooperation between the defense ministries of the two countries with her Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani.
Georgia and Japan will start a dialogue and cooperation on the development of defensive systems. In addition, the sides plan to organize meetings of experts, seminars and workshops in bilateral and multilateral formats, as well as high-level visits, Georgia Online reports.
During the visit, Tina Khidasheli will visit the National Defense Academy of Japan and hold a meeting with its president Rios Kokubun.
She will also meet with representatives of the Japanese Parliament, the chairman of the security committee of the House of Representatives of Japan, Seigo Kitamura, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Miki Yamada, and a member of the Japanese Parliament, former defense minister Yuriko Koike.
This will be the first official meeting between the heads of the defense ministries of Georgia and Japan.
