Georgia confirmed on Monday its offer of...

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili told Associated Press last Friday that Georgia had offered its Black Sea ports to NATO military supply ships and its airports as refueling points for NATO cargo planes en route to Afghanistan.

"Georgia is offering a transit corridor, including for military cargoes," Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze reiterated the proposal in an interview with Novosti-Georgia news agency.

Georgia says the proposed transit route from Romania via the Black Sea, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan would boost the global as well as its national and regional security and will be less expensive than the existing corridor through Russia.

"We are interested...in contributing to global security. We also believe that these proposals will contribute greatly to Georgia"s and regional security," Kalandadze said.

Georgia"s desire to join NATO has been central to Saakashvili"s foreign policy since he came to power in 2004.

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