Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili suggested using Georgia as transit point for US- Afghanistan transfer of military goods.

Creation of corridor for NATO forces supposes use of Georgian ports, airfields and other transport infrastructures.

Mikheil Saakashvili said the idea was discussed with US Vice President Joseph Biden during the latter’s last year visit to Georgia.

Georgian president insists military collaboration with US will in no way serve as a factor of military deterrence towards Russia. Moreover, as the President pointed out, success of operation in Afghanistan is within the scope of Russia’s interests.

Georgia has already assisted NATO operations in Afghanistan, having supplied a troop of 173 soldiers. Second troop will leave for Afghanistan in February 2010. Saakashvili hopes these measures will help fasten the process of Georgia’s acceptance as NATO member, ITAR TASS reported.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called "the (North) Atlantic Alliance", is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4, 1949. The NATO headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, and the organization constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.

NATO has added new members seven times since first forming in 1949 (the last 2 in 2009). NATO comprises 28 members: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

New membership in the alliance has been largely from Eastern Europe and the Balkans, including former members of the Warsaw Pact. At the 2008 summit in Bucharest, three countries were promised future invitations: the Republic of Macedonia, Georgia and Ukraine.

Other potential candidate countries include Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which joined the Adriatic Charter of potential members in 2008.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is a NATO-led security and development mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement. In accordance with all the relevant Security Council Resolutions, ISAF’s main role is to assist the Afghan government in the establishment of a secure and stable environment. To this end, ISAF forces are conducting security and stability operations throughout the country together with the Afghan National Security Forces and are directly involved in the development of the Afghan National Army through mentoring, training and equipping.