By empty (12/15/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Georgian Interior Minister Irakly Okruashvili has said that as soon as he is appointed defense minister, he will carry out all the necessary reforms to help his country become a candidate for NATO membership in 2006. \"Integration with NATO is one of Georgia\'s top priorities,\" Okruashvili said in an interview with Georgia\'s Rustavi 2 television late on Tuesday. (Interfax).