NFIU marks its first year in Slovakia

Representatives of the SVK MOD and Armed Forces remembered the 1st anniversary of the establishment of the NATO Force Integration Unit Slovakia (NFIU SVK). State Secretary Róbert Ondrejcsák reminded that the NFIU's stand-up and activation have strengthened our security and reaffirmed Slovakia's status of a full-fledged and reliable Allied partner. The NFIU in Slovakia was officially activated on 1 September 2016 and has since then been under the command of the NATO Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC-NE) Szczecin, Poland. Besides Slovakia, NATO NFIUs were also established in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Romania and Hungary. The NFIU in Slovakia is staffed by 41 personnel. Their main task is to support NATO's collective defence in the planning process, to provide assistance to joint training and exercises, and to support and coordinate Allied forces' reception and movements across the region.