Strengthening Cooperation

Slovakia and the Federal Republic of Germany will seek closer defence cooperation in the future. The Minister of Defence of the SR Martin Glváč and the German Ambassador Michael Schmunk concurred on that during their negotiation. “We have evinced interest in educating our officers at the German Defence Academy (Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr) in Hamburg, and we intend to delegate at least one member of the armed forces a year to study there. I would like to note that two of our Chiefs of the General Staff studied at this Academy,” stated the Minister of Defence Martin Glváč. According to him, the reciprocal use of the training areas should be encouraged. The German Ambassador showed an interest in the White Paper on Defence of the SR, particularly in implementation of the individual conclusions and the funding of the established goals. The working group headed by the State Secretary of the MoD of the SR is to negotiate the common issues and the possibilities of further cooperation.