"The Ministry is working on a new model for reserve forces - following instructions by Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili - to make military service more attractive to the country’s citizens.

We have made great efforts to modernize the reserve and conscript system in the [new] defence code. We have used the experience of the Baltic states, as well as Finland and Switzerland, in the process. I hope we will submit the document, which will work as a guideline for the next 10-20 years, to the legislative body soon", the Minister said. 

Responding to claims by a part of the domestic opposition over “poor conditions” in the armed forces, the minister said “this may be hard to imagine, but certain forces are against promotion and strength of our armed forces”. He reiterated authorities had ensured “better-than-ever” conditions in the armed forces.