Georgia, Tbilisi, Feb. 16 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /
The possible threats from Russia will occupy one of the main places in the new security concept of Georgia, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Eka Tkeshelashvili, who recently served as National Security Secretary, said at the parliament.
According to her, the decision to revise the security concept was taken after the 2008 -events.
"The document adopted in 2005 did not directly include threats by Russia and its policies. They were not named in the hope that Russia will change its policy and it would be possible to solve the problems that our country faced in that period. However, after 2008, when Russia showed an open aggression against Georgia, it became necessary to reflect all threats in the security concept," Tkeshelashvili said.
Military actions were launched in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia in August 2008. Georgian troops entered Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia and later Russian troops occupied the city and drove the Georgian military back to Georgia. Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Aug. 26 and established diplomatic relations with them on Sept. 9, 2008.Georgia's autonomous regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia unilaterally declared independence from Georgia after the August 2008 war.
She regards it important and necessary to review the concept of Georgia's security.