Martin Glváč holds talks with partners

SVK Minister of Defence Martin Glváč held discussions about potential cooperation with Milica Pejanović-Đurišić and Zoran Jolevski, the Ministers of Defence of Montenegro and Macedonia, respectively. They agreed on their common interest in forging defence relations. Meeting with the Macedonian Minister of Defence, the Minister said: “We can offer our expertise from domestic crisis management as well as training of special forces at our military training facilities”. He stressed the need for the Chiefs of Defence to define the scope of further cooperation. Also discussed at the meeting with his Macedonian partner was the ongoing influx of immigrants. Minister Jolevski confirmed his interest in exchanging expertise with Slovakia in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in which Macedonia has a great deal of experience to draw on.

The meeting with the Minister of Defence of Montenegro was also attended by the State Secretary of the SVK MOD, Miloš Koterec, who is gearing up for an official visit to Montenegro. Speaking about the integration process into the North Atlantic Alliance, the Minister of Defence of Montenegro said: “Your experience will be beneficial to us because today we are in a similar situation just as you were a couple of years ago.”

To his counterparts, Martin Glváč offered the opportunity for their Armed Forces to complete military drills at the Training Centre Lešť and the CBRN Training and Testing Centre Zemianske Kostoľany. Cooperation in the field of military education is also under consideration.