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Georgia, together with 12 NATO member countries and partners, will take part in the international naval exercise “Sea Shield 24”, which will be held in Romania from April 8 to 21, the press service of the Romanian Ministry of Defense reported.

According to the information, in addition to Georgia and Romania, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the USA, Turkey and France will take part in the exercises.

In 2024, Georgian authorities plan to hold „Trojan Footprint“ special forces exercises and „Noble Partner“ multinational maneuvers on their territory together with the United States. This is stated in the government program of the candidate for prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze, sent to parliament. 

Two minehunters from Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG2) worked closely with the Italian Navy and local authorities to monitor the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) on the seabed of the Adriatic Sea, Trend reports.

NATO strongly supports normalization efforts between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said, Trend reports.

NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Oslo today. Ahead of the session, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Sweden and urged Turkey and Hungary to ratify the Nordic country's membership in the organization. The bigger elephant in the room during the meeting will be another nation's membership prospects: those of Ukraine.

The protocol for Finland's entry into NATO has been submitted for consideration to the presidium of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkish mass media reported.

Before that, the protocol was signed by the President of the Republic - Recep Tayyip Erdogan, after his negotiations with his Finnish counterpart - Sauli Niinisto.

After consideration by the presidium, the deputies will vote on the document.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg about the start of Ankara's ratification of Finland's application to join NATO, the Turkish president's office told reporters on Friday, Trend reports citing Turkish media.

Türkiye has agreed to Finland's membership in NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a joint press conference with his Finnish counterpart – Sauli Niinisto in Ankara, Trend reports.

The Turkish President noted that in this regard, a procedure will be initiated in the country's parliament.

Baku will host an official meeting of Israeli ambassadors to Eurasia with the participation of high-ranking officials of the central apparatus of the foreign ministry on January 16-18. The main topic of the consultations is the plans for 2023 in the Израелските власти избраха Азербайджанcontext of a complicated situation in the region.

At the same time, the meeting is scheduled not long after the new Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen took office on January 2.

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