Presidential visit
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- Date: 07.07.2014
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After ten years, the SVK Armed Forces have a new Commander-in-Chief. The newly elected President of the Slovak Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the SVK Armed Forces Andrej Kiska for the first time made a visit to the SVK Ministry of Defence on Monday, 7 July. With Minister of Defence Martin Glváč they discussed priorities of defence department for the upcoming period as well as the current condition of the Armed Forces.
"It was our first informative meeting. I gained a fairly detailed insight about the current condition of our Armed Forces and about the plans for the future," stated Andrej Kiska and added that situation at Ukraine makes us review the issue of security in Europe.
"We addressed the critical issues, namely the issue of modernization and the issue of shaping a course of further development in our Armed Forces. Chief of the Defence Staff informed the President of the current state of our Armed Forces," said Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
President Kiska appreciated the fact that the current leadership of the Ministry of Defence invested much more funds from defence budget into modernization of the Armed Forces: "The Minister demonstrated that they successfully managed to transfer a part of funds that were initially designated to cover personnel costs into modernization projects, which is what I very much appreciate."
At the meeting they also raised the issue of the upcoming NATO Summit, which is to be held in Wales. The Minister of Defence and the President concurred on the need to arrange such meetings also in the future. "The meetings will be frequent and problem-oriented," concluded Head of Defence Department Glváč at the end of the Presidential visit.
"It was our first informative meeting. I gained a fairly detailed insight about the current condition of our Armed Forces and about the plans for the future," stated Andrej Kiska and added that situation at Ukraine makes us review the issue of security in Europe.
"We addressed the critical issues, namely the issue of modernization and the issue of shaping a course of further development in our Armed Forces. Chief of the Defence Staff informed the President of the current state of our Armed Forces," said Minister of Defence Martin Glváč.
President Kiska appreciated the fact that the current leadership of the Ministry of Defence invested much more funds from defence budget into modernization of the Armed Forces: "The Minister demonstrated that they successfully managed to transfer a part of funds that were initially designated to cover personnel costs into modernization projects, which is what I very much appreciate."
At the meeting they also raised the issue of the upcoming NATO Summit, which is to be held in Wales. The Minister of Defence and the President concurred on the need to arrange such meetings also in the future. "The meetings will be frequent and problem-oriented," concluded Head of Defence Department Glváč at the end of the Presidential visit.
