Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš meets with American and British diplomats
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Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš received US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Liam Wasley. The key topics of discussion were the cooperation between the countries and the introduction of the Slovak Republic’s Defence and Security Priorities. According to the Minister, the defence cooperation between the SVK REP and the USA, especially with the Indiana National Guard, as well as that between the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of both countries, has been intensive. “We appreciate the cooperation with the USA in modernising the SVK Armed Forces, the intense communications at all levels, as well as the financial assistance from the US Government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programmes,” said Peter Gajdoš.
According to Minister of Defence Gajdoš, the top priorities in the first half of 2016 include delivering the readiness and deployability of the Visegrad 4 EU Battlegroup (V4 EU BG); completing the preparations of a mechanized brigade; formulating a new defence strategy; participating in the drafting of the Security Strategy of the Slovak Republic, with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic being its main guarantor. “What we need and want is broad dialogue across both the government and the non-government sectors in formulating the new security strategy,” noted the head of Defence.
On 14 April, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with His Excellency Mr Andrew John Garth, Her Majesty’s Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Slovak Republic. They discussed the current topics of bilateral cooperation between the countries and the SVK MOD Programme Priorities. The Minister appreciated the defence cooperation in the field of training and welcomed the participation of a Royal Air Force Squadron in an air combat training exercise with mixed Slovak-British air crews on the HAWK aircraft. The head of the SVK MOD then updated the British ambassador on the SVK MOD Programme Priorities for the upcoming period.
According to Minister of Defence Gajdoš, the top priorities in the first half of 2016 include delivering the readiness and deployability of the Visegrad 4 EU Battlegroup (V4 EU BG); completing the preparations of a mechanized brigade; formulating a new defence strategy; participating in the drafting of the Security Strategy of the Slovak Republic, with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic being its main guarantor. “What we need and want is broad dialogue across both the government and the non-government sectors in formulating the new security strategy,” noted the head of Defence.
On 14 April, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš met with His Excellency Mr Andrew John Garth, Her Majesty’s Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Slovak Republic. They discussed the current topics of bilateral cooperation between the countries and the SVK MOD Programme Priorities. The Minister appreciated the defence cooperation in the field of training and welcomed the participation of a Royal Air Force Squadron in an air combat training exercise with mixed Slovak-British air crews on the HAWK aircraft. The head of the SVK MOD then updated the British ambassador on the SVK MOD Programme Priorities for the upcoming period.
