In spirit of cooperation
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- Date: 25.01.2015
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The State Secretary Miloš Koterec met with the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Hungary Péter Siklósi on a regular annual session of the Slovak – Hungarian mixed commission. They evaluated bilateral cooperation in the field of defence and crisis management, the development of the international security environment and the Slovak Presidency in the Visegrad Group.
“Our cooperation is intense and amicable. Besides military education and training and the joint deployment in multinational operations we intend to promote the cooperation in the field of domestic crisis management,” stated State Secretary Koterec.
The both countries, together with Romania and Ukraine, have been a party to the TISA project since 2002, which is aimed at providing assistance to the civilian population and mitigating consequences of natural disasters in the Tisa river-basin. According to the State Secretary, they seek to extend cooperation so that it would involve the other countries and other problematic rivers, since “natural disasters know no borders.”
“As soon as possible, we would like to resolve the issue of cross-border cooperation of our air forces, namely in terms of safeguarding airspace, and, in a long term, we plan to get all V4 countries involved in the task of joint protection of the airspace,” added M. Koterec.
The representatives of defence departments are not only determined to continue organizing joint training of military scuba divers and CBRN specialists, but will also seek to develop further interface capabilities in the field of preparation of the armed forces of the both countries.
As a part of the negotiation, the state secretaries exchanged their views on the development of security situation in the world, namely in Ukraine and the Middle East. Miloš Koterec informed his counterpart of the activities planned for the second half of the year of the SVK Presidency in the Visegrad Group.
“Our cooperation is intense and amicable. Besides military education and training and the joint deployment in multinational operations we intend to promote the cooperation in the field of domestic crisis management,” stated State Secretary Koterec.
The both countries, together with Romania and Ukraine, have been a party to the TISA project since 2002, which is aimed at providing assistance to the civilian population and mitigating consequences of natural disasters in the Tisa river-basin. According to the State Secretary, they seek to extend cooperation so that it would involve the other countries and other problematic rivers, since “natural disasters know no borders.”
“As soon as possible, we would like to resolve the issue of cross-border cooperation of our air forces, namely in terms of safeguarding airspace, and, in a long term, we plan to get all V4 countries involved in the task of joint protection of the airspace,” added M. Koterec.
The representatives of defence departments are not only determined to continue organizing joint training of military scuba divers and CBRN specialists, but will also seek to develop further interface capabilities in the field of preparation of the armed forces of the both countries.
As a part of the negotiation, the state secretaries exchanged their views on the development of security situation in the world, namely in Ukraine and the Middle East. Miloš Koterec informed his counterpart of the activities planned for the second half of the year of the SVK Presidency in the Visegrad Group.
