Talks in Brussels
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- Date: 15.06.2016
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg commended the SVK Armed Forces for their assistance provided so far to Ukraine, especially in the field of EOD specialists training. “I am very much grateful to you for your real help,” said the NATO Secretary General at the meeting with SVK Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš, following the NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting in Brussels. Minister Gajdoš presented the intention to deploy a V4 training unit to the Baltics. They discussed, among others, defence spending, the SVK MOD’s modernisation plans, and further involvement of NATO troops in Afghanistan. “You can continue counting on our troops and their capabilities in Afghanistan,” emphasised the Minister.
He confirmed that the Slovak Republic is ready to become involved in a potential training of the Iraqi Security Forces, should such an operation come into existence under the umbrella of NATO in the future. A topic of discussion was also the building of the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Slovakia. Having met the NATO Secretary General, Peter Gajdoš concluded the two-day talks at the defence ministerial in Brussels. NATO Defence Ministers also spoke of the possibilities of cooperation between NATO and the EU in countering hybrid threats, the assistance being delivered to Iraq, and the future of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, which should go on even beyond 2016. With the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, they discussed the progress of reforms, the defence industry, as well as further options for NATO’s assistance to the reform process. The meeting of NATO Defence Ministers was dominated by measures to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence on the eastern flank, which represents a joint response to the negative developments of the security environment in NATO’s neighbourhood.
He confirmed that the Slovak Republic is ready to become involved in a potential training of the Iraqi Security Forces, should such an operation come into existence under the umbrella of NATO in the future. A topic of discussion was also the building of the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Slovakia. Having met the NATO Secretary General, Peter Gajdoš concluded the two-day talks at the defence ministerial in Brussels. NATO Defence Ministers also spoke of the possibilities of cooperation between NATO and the EU in countering hybrid threats, the assistance being delivered to Iraq, and the future of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, which should go on even beyond 2016. With the Ukrainian Minister of Defence, they discussed the progress of reforms, the defence industry, as well as further options for NATO’s assistance to the reform process. The meeting of NATO Defence Ministers was dominated by measures to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence on the eastern flank, which represents a joint response to the negative developments of the security environment in NATO’s neighbourhood.
