Ana Dolidze Met Businessmen
Friday, November 20
The Deputy Minister of Defence, Ana Dolidze, hosted a number of business sector representatives. Within the frames of the Military Servicemen`s Support Program “Shoulder to Shoulder”, the Deputy Minister met the directors of the “Algani Group” and “Bonjorno”, Grigol Nemsadze and Giorgi Tsereteli.
Ana Dolidze focused on the social responsibility of the business sphere and thanked the businessmen for presenting concrete initiatives.
“The Project “Shoulder to Shoulder” means that the Armed Forces and society stand side by side with each other. The social responsibility of businesspeople is reflected in taking care of the people who sacrificed their own health and lives in devoted service of the country. The businessmen expressed a desire to employ the family members of wounded military service members. We welcome this initiative and thank them for that. I hope that more and more leaders from the business sphere will support the Armed Forces of Georgia,” said Ana Dolidze.
The leaders of business organizations familiarized the Deputy Minister with their areas of activity and expressed readiness to employ wounded military personnel and their family members. The businessmen also discussed the issues of providing support to the military and retraining them for future employment. Concluding a Memorandum of Cooperation with the MoD was also underlined at the meeting.
The head of the Wounded Warriors Supporting Department, Paata Patiashvili, and his Deputy Giorgi Chokhonelidze attended the meeting held at the MoD headquarters.