USA, TURKEY, AZERBAIJAN, UKRAINE - STRATEGIC ALLIES OF TBILISI
The newly authored Concept of National Security for Georgia considers United States, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Ukraine to be Georgia's strategic partners. Relations with two neighboring Armenia, are depicted "pragmatic cooperation".
According to Khvalindeli Dghe newspaper, the National Security Council prepared and submitted to the parliament the draft of the Concept on May 13. Georgian www.civil.ge informs that the draft Concept consists of 7 chapters. It will be confirmed after being discussed in the parliament.
"Georgia keeps on developing strategic partnership with the US... Turkey is Georgia's most progressive partner in the region", the Concept reads.
Georgia's relationship with Azerbaijan is most strongly linked with energy, transport and commercial projects. "The Rose Revolution in Georgia and Orange Revolution in Ukraine put the beginning of the new era in relations of two states", the Concept reads. "Georgia seeks after partnership with Russia that will be based on good-neighborly ties and principles of equality and mutual respect".
"Georgia relates to Armenia in pragmatic cooperation in all spheres of mutual interests", the Concept reads. According to Messenger English-language newspaper, Armenia's vector toward Russia and its closed borders with both Turkey and Azerbaijan are a cause of lessened political opportunities between Tbilisi and Yerevan. All the same Armenia is a major partner -- according to governmental statistics, in 2004 Armenians were the second most frequent travelers to Georgia behind only Turkey. The draft highlights the need for both countries to "utilize united economic, energy and transport projects. Armenia can benefit from its transit location by transporting Armenian products through its territory". However, the fact that Abkhazia remains a separatist state prevents Georgia from satisfying Armenia's main transit interest of restoring the railway link to Russia.
Resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict would certainly improve the political situation in the South Caucasus, and the Concept of National Security says that all separatist conflicts are threats to the region's prosperity. "The existence of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict damages the regional countries' stability".
The Concept notes as well that Georgia will ensure protection of national and religious minorities' rights.
A chapter titled "Threats" highlights as such infringement of territorial integrity, import of conflicts from neighboring countries, particularly Chechnya, military intervention, smuggling and international terrorism. The Concept thinks that "illegal" existence of Russian military bases in Georgia "limits the state's sovereignty and undermines its economic and social stability".
Among the challenges the document mentions corruption and non-productive system of the state governing, socio-economic condition and dependence of energy supply on one source.
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