Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said Georgia extremely values the £5 mln funding from the country’s strategic partner, the UK, to strengthen Georgia’s resilience to external threats in cyber space by contributing to both Georgian and European security.

We extremely value the £5m funding from our strategic partner, the #UK🇬🇧 to strengthen 🇬🇪’s resilience to external threats in cyber space by contributing to both Georgian and European security!

— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 29, 2022

At the NATO Madrid Summit yesterday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK would allocate Georgia more than £5 million of additional funding to protect against Russian cyber attacks.

As part of the Madrid visit, PM Garibashvili met with British colleague to review the strategic partnership and friendly relations between Georgia and the United Kingdom.

Met w/🇬🇧 @BorisJohnson at the #NATOSummit #MadridOTAN22.We attach high importance to the existing strategic co-op between 🇬🇪 & 🇬🇧 which incl. firm support to our sovereignty & territorial integrity, contribution to strengthening state institutions & democratic development of 🇬🇪. pic.twitter.com/1SsLFJDqx1

— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 29, 2022

Georgian Foreign Ministry claims “Georgia-UK strategic partnership and European security strengthens further through additional £5m UK support in building Georgia’s security and resilience to external threats in cyber security.”

Georgia-UK strategic partnership 🤝 and European security strengthens further through additional £5m 🇬🇧 support in building 🇬🇪’s security & resilience to external threats in cyber security.

— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) June 30, 2022