NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, will visit Georgia on January 29-30.

He will meet President Giorgi Margvelashvili; PM Irakli Garibashvili; Minister of Defense Mindia Janelidze; parliament speaker Davit Usupashvili, and First Deputy Foreign Minister David Dondua.

Meeting with head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, is also scheduled.

Implementation of the “substantive package” of cooperation, which NATO offered to Georgia at its summit in Wales in September, including planned joint training center in Georgia, will be among the issues of discussions, according to the Georgian officials.

During the visit, the NATO Deputy Secretary General will also attend a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council of Georgia where he will deliver a keynote speech.