NATO has agreed to allow Georgia to join its airspace intelligence network, Itar-Tass news agency reported Tuesday.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze told a joint press conference with the Defense Ministry that Georgia's accession to the network will allow all NATO members to observe the country's airspace under a unified NATO surveillance system to spot and distinguish any attempts to trespass, the report said.
The move will prevent complicated situations from recurring when Georgia's airspace is violated, the report added.
Georgia, a NATO aspirant, has repeatedly accused Russia in recent years of violating its airspace, a charge vehemently denied by Moscow.
In August 2007, the two countries were locked in a dispute when an unidentified warplane flew over Georgia and launched a missile. The dispute prompted Georgia to ask to join the NATO airspace intelligence network.
Source: Xinhua
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