Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Georgia gets new military top

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From left to right: Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili and Chairman of the Joint Staff Vakhtang Kapanadze. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Vakhtang Kapanadze has been appointed as chairman of the Joint Staff of Georgia’s armed forces, replacing Irakli Dzneladze.

Who should take over as head of the Joint Staff was subject of a conflict between ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili and

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