Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and acting head of the Border Police Zurab Gamezardashvili along with Nicholas Berliner United States Charge d’Affaires attended the solemn ceremony dedicated to the opening of the Coast Guard Boat Basin in Batumi.
Contemporary strategic object- Coast Guard Boat Basin was constructed with the support of the US Embassy and is aimed at enhancing coast guard capacities and maritime safety of the country. Boat basin is equipped with contemporary technic and was built in full compliance with the existing international standards. To enhance the efficiency of the Coast Guard, the Border Police was granted a modernized patrol boat “P-103” which was named after Batumi.
Invited guests were addressed by the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Nicholas Berliner United States Charge d’Affaires, Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and acting head of the Border Police, General-Major Zurab Gamezardashvili and deputy chief of DTRA Defense and Threat Reduction Agency John Horner.
The opening ceremony was also attended by the representatives of the executive and legislative branches of the Georgian government as well as by the head of diplomatic missions accredited in Georgia.
Based on the relevant order of the Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Mgebrishvili awarded Deputy Director of DTRA John Horner with medal for “Exceptional Merits” as well as Deputy Chief of DTRA Eurasia office Vice-Colonel Christopher Floyed and Paata Enukidze Program coordinator at DTRA Eurasia office as well as DTRA representative Don Brown and Elizabeth Dufrane.
After the ceremony guests visited newly constructed Coast Guard Boat Basin and sailed into the sea by the new patrol boat.
