TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13052 

________________________________________________________________________ 

DEFENSE 

 Agreement Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and GEORGIA 

Effected by Exchange of Notes 

Dated at Tbilisi June 4 and July 15, 1999 

 

 
 NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

 Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 

(80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)—

“. . .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued 

under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent 

 evidence . . . of the treaties, international agreements other than 

treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and 

international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, 

therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime 

jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the 

United States, and of the several States, without any further proof 

or authentication thereof.” 
 GEORGIA 

 Defense 

Agreement effected by exchange of notes 

Dated at Tbilisi June 4 and July 15, 1999; 

Entered into force July 15, 1999. 
EMBASSY OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

82/99

The Embassy of the United States of America

presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Georgia and has the honor to refer to

earlier discussions between representatives of the two

governments regarding grants under the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, or successor

legislation, and the furnishing of defense articles,

related training, and other defense services from the

United States of America to the Government of Georgia.

In accordance with these discussions, it is

proposed that the government of Georgia agree:

a. That the Government of Georgia shall not,

unless the consent of the Government of the United

States of America has been first obtained:

(1)Permit any use of any such defense article or

related training or other defense service by anyone not

an officer, employee or agent of the Government of

Georgia;

(2) Transfer or permit any officer, employee or agent

of the Government of Georgia to transfer such articles

or related training or other defense services by gift,

sale or otherwise; or
(3) Use or permit the use of such articles or related

training or other defense services for purposes other

than those for which provided;

b. That said articles or related training or

defense services shall be returned to the government of

the United States of America when they are no longer

needed for the purposes for which they were furnished,

unless the government of the United States of America

consents to another disposition;

c. That the net proceeds of sale received by the '

Government of Georgia in disposing of, with prior

written consent of the Government of the United States

of America, any defense article furnished by the

Government of the United States of America on a grant

basis, including scrap from any such defense article,

shall be paid to the Government of the United States of

America;

d. That the Government of Georgia shall maintain

the Security of such articles, related training, and

other defense services; that it shall provide

substantially the same degree of security protection

afforded to such articles or related training or other

defense services by the Government of the United States

of America; that it shall, as the United States may

require, permit continuous observation and review by,

2
and furnish necessary information to, representatives

of the Government of the United States of America with

regard to the use thereof by the Government of Georgia;

and

e. That the Government of the United States of

America may also from time to time make proper

provision of other defense articles related training

and other defense services.

Furnished under other authority (except the United

States Arms Export Control ACT) subject to the terms

and conditions of this agreement. (Transfers under the'

United States Arms Export Control Act shall continue to

be governed by the requirements, of that act and United

States regulations applicable to such transfers.)

The Embassy of the United States of America avails

itself of this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs the assurance of its highest

consideration.

Embassy of the United States of America,

Tbilisi, June 4, 1999.

3
GEORGIA

MINISTRY OF

FOREIGN AFFAIRS

N 7-06/1328

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia presents its

compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the

honour to inform that the provisions set forth in the Embassy note N

82/99 (04.06.99) are acceptable for the Government of Georgia.

According to the legislation of Georgia the above-mentioned note

and present reply constitute an international treaty between the

Government of the United States of America and the Government of

Georgia.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia avails itself of this

opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the

assurances of its highest consideration.

Tbilisi, 15 th of July, 1999

The Embassy of the United

States of America

Tbilisi