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The Pentagon Spokesperson Elizabeth Hibner: â€œThe US is not deploying troops in Georgiaâ€ - EXCLUSIVE

The Pentagon Spokesperson Elizabeth Hibner: â€œThe US is not deploying troops in Georgiaâ€ - <font color=red>EXCLUSIVE</font>

04 February 2009 07:50 (UTC +04:00)

â€œDepartment of Defenseâ€™s European command, which deals directly with Georgia as far as they send any training teams or assessment teams, or anything like that. But I canâ€™t confirm whether there are any small teams in Georgia right now doing that,â€ she added.
Ms. Hibner mentioned that on January 9th Secretary Rice signed the USA-Georgia charter on strategic partnership.
â€œThat includes security cooperation but I donâ€™t know anything was implemented from that at this point. Thatâ€™s the State Departmentâ€™s documentâ€ she said.
â€œI heard nothing about American forces moving to Georgia. State Department doesnâ€™t have information about thatâ€, Robert Mcintyrff, Spokesperson of the State Department said.
Caucasus-Press agency reported that the US had planned to establish military bases in Poti and Marneuli for 90 years. The report covers that the US sent 150-member military trainers to Georgia for 20 months in April, 2002. Pentagon said that trainers would be engaged in military trainings in Georgia.