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Georgia:
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Other pages in this profile of Georgia:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Georgian Armed Forces: Land Forces (includes National Guard), Navy, Air and Air Defense Forces (2006) |
Military service age and obligation |
18 to 34 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 1,038,736 females age 18-49: 1,105,910 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 827,281 females age 18-49: 903,791 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 38,857 females age 18-49: 38,238 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
0.59% (2005 est.) |
Military - note |
a CIS peacekeeping force of Russian troops is deployed in the Abkhazia region of Georgia together with a UN military observer group; a Russian peacekeeping battalion is deployed in South Ossetia |
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Disputes - international |
Russia and Georgia agree on delimiting 80% of their common border, leaving certain small, strategic segments and the maritime boundary unresolved; OSCE observers monitor volatile areas such as the Pankisi Gorge in the Akhmeti region and the Argun Gorge in Abkhazia; UN Observer Mission in Georgia has maintained a peacekeeping force in Georgia since 1993; Meshkheti Turks scattered throughout the former Soviet Union seek to return to Georgia; boundary with Armenia remains undemarcated; ethnic Armenian groups in Javakheti region of Georgia seek greater autonomy from the Georgian government; Azerbaijan and Georgia continue to discuss the alignment of their boundary at certain crossing areas |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
IDPs: 220,000-240,000 (displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia) (2006) |
Illicit drugs |
limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia |
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