"The Georgian army is strong and our servicemen are heroes," Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili said in response to President Salome Zurabishvili's statement, Eurasia Diary reports citing Georgia Today.
He emphasized that the President's statement that Georgia has neither army nor weapons is categorically unacceptable to him.
"As the Minister of Defense, I want to say that we are proud our military servicemen and I will do my best to further strengthen the Georgian army", Garibashvili said.