US Military Postpones Training Drill With Georgia Amid Strained Relations

Pentagon says decision prompted by ‘false accusations’ by the Georgian government against the United States and ’other western entities.’

Georgian soldiers operate a T-72 tank as part of exercise Noble Partner 2017 on Aug. 6, 2017. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kalie Jones/Public Domain

The U.S. military has halted a set of training exercises with Georgia while the Pentagon reviews its bilateral security partnership with the Eurasian country.

While the U.S. Army was set to train with its Georgian counterparts from July 25 to Aug. 6 as part of the regular Noble Partner exercise, the Pentagon said on July 5 that it had indefinitely postponed the event.