Servicemen from the 23rd battalion of the II infantry brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces stand during a farewell ceremony at the Vaziani military base outside Tbilisi December 9, 2014. According to Georgia's Defence Ministry, one company of the battalion departs to shift change another Georgian unit as a part of the EUFOR-RCA European Union military operation in the Central African Republic. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)