Slovakia has met its commitment, NFIU SVK marks Full Capability
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- Date: 19.05.2017
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The Slovak Republic has fulfilled yet another of its commitments pledged at the Wales Summit. After the conclusion of its certification, the NATO FORCE INTEGRATION UNIT SLOVAKIA has now reached Full Capability (FC). Complying with the Implementation Plan, the unit, based at Vajnory Barracks, was required to reach the status of a NATO certified unit no later than 1 June 2017.
In his speech at the ceremony on the NFIU's premises, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš underscored that the establishment of the NFIU has strengthened our security considerably. He went on to emphasise that no way is the NFIU a NATO military base, as is often misinterpreted. Speaking at the ceremony, SVK Chief of Defence Gen Milan Maxim noted that our collective defence is our utmost goal.
In his remarks, Col Jozef Zekucia, Commander NFIU SVK, said: “Following its successful evaluation and certification exercise by the national authorities, the Slovak NFIU was declared as fully capable of performing the set tasks in support and coordination of rapid deployments of Allied forces and of supporting collective defence with the aim of securing NATO's required response – capability.” The NFIU in Slovakia was officially activated on 1 September 2016 under the command of the NATO Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE) Szczecin. It reached Initial Capability (IC) on 1 January 2017.
In his speech at the ceremony on the NFIU's premises, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš underscored that the establishment of the NFIU has strengthened our security considerably. He went on to emphasise that no way is the NFIU a NATO military base, as is often misinterpreted. Speaking at the ceremony, SVK Chief of Defence Gen Milan Maxim noted that our collective defence is our utmost goal.
In his remarks, Col Jozef Zekucia, Commander NFIU SVK, said: “Following its successful evaluation and certification exercise by the national authorities, the Slovak NFIU was declared as fully capable of performing the set tasks in support and coordination of rapid deployments of Allied forces and of supporting collective defence with the aim of securing NATO's required response – capability.” The NFIU in Slovakia was officially activated on 1 September 2016 under the command of the NATO Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE) Szczecin. It reached Initial Capability (IC) on 1 January 2017.
