Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 25 / Trend, N. Kirtskhalia /
Georgia has never been closer to ensuring their safety for many generations, as now, said Saturday at a meeting with the officers, soldiers and cadets at the military base in Gori, Georgian President Mikhеil Saakashvili in connection with day of occupation of Georgia by the Red Army in February 1925, celebrated in country.
"We will be free and our country will find safety only in the European family, NATO, to which we have already reached more than ever before," - he said.
Saakashvili stressed that it became clear after visits of French President, Board of NATO to Georgia, summits in the Congress of the People's Party, as well as his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
"He said that Georgia is an example of democracy and freedom in the region and there is some reason someone did not like it" - he said.
The President stressed that EU and NATO are a guarantee of security of Georgia. "And this our goal is very close and there is no other purpose, there is no other way to ensure the safety of Georgia," he said.
Saakashvili criticized those political forces that are today if not speak and do not call themselves pro-Russian as it is unpopular, throws the idea of neutrality.
"Nothing of the sort, even if only one person will say, oblige us to anything the U.S., EU, while Russia is constantly demanded of us is joining the CIS, the signing of agreements during armed conflicts and in the end we loss 20% our territory, our citizens," he said.
At the same time, the president said, the hand of friendship and assistance to Georgia held out Europe and the United States.