Security Council and Government approve the MOD's strategic documents
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The SVK Security Council and Government today approved the strategic documents as formulated by the Slovak Ministry of Defence. They include the Defence Strategy of the Slovak Republic, the Military Strategy of the Slovak Republic, and the Long-Term Defence Development Plan with Emphasis on Building and Developing the SVK Armed Forces with an Outlook to 2030. The MOD has thus met another of its pledge set out in the SVK Government Manifesto Commitments. These documents build on the updated Security Strategy of the Slovak Republic, as formulated by the SVK Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.
In this respect, Head of the SVK MOD Peter Gajdoš spoke of the priority of the SVK MOD under the Slovak National Party (SNS) leadership, which is to continue building and developing the SVK Armed Forces systemically and systematically. “Ultimately, we want the Armed Forces to be modern and fully mission capable and deserving of the Slovak citizens' trust, because they will offer adequate potential for delivering the defence of the Slovak Republic. Likewise, they will be ready to partake in the collective defence of NATO and the EU,” emphasised the Minister.
The Defence Strategy of the Slovak Republic determines Slovakia's principal approaches in delivery of national defence. Since 2005, when the previous version of the document was officially adopted, several changes have occurred, impacting on the provision of national defence. So the new document takes account of the growing risks on that front, whilst addressing the strategic adaptation of national defence, the aim of which is to bolster its defence levels in the changing security environment. This adaptation is based on a thorough discharge of Slovakia's primary responsibility for securing its own defence and for performing its commitments that arise out of the international treaties in the field of defence, which are binding for Slovakia. In this context, it is interconnected with NATO's and the EU's strategic adaptation to the changing security environment.
The previous 2001 Military Strategy was replaced by the 2005 Defence Strategy. In essence, the latest Military Strategy specifies the basic parameters for building and developing the Armed Forces in the changing security environment and is fully in line with their strategic goals and tasks.
A follow-up to these strategic documents is the Long-Term Defence Development Plan with Emphasis on Building and Developing the SVK Armed Forces with an Outlook to 2030. It is unique insofar as it represents a defence investment plan until 2030, which had, until recently, been non-existent for 25 years in SVK Defence.
In delivery of modernisation, the MOD wants to apply the principle of Value for Money. “So that we achieve maximum efficiency with the tax payers' money. Equally important, the production capacity of the domestic defence industry should be involved in the modernisation of the SVK Armed Forces to the maximum extent possible, with the aim of boosting Slovakia's employment levels, economy and GDP growth,” explained the Minister.
In this respect, Head of the SVK MOD Peter Gajdoš spoke of the priority of the SVK MOD under the Slovak National Party (SNS) leadership, which is to continue building and developing the SVK Armed Forces systemically and systematically. “Ultimately, we want the Armed Forces to be modern and fully mission capable and deserving of the Slovak citizens' trust, because they will offer adequate potential for delivering the defence of the Slovak Republic. Likewise, they will be ready to partake in the collective defence of NATO and the EU,” emphasised the Minister.
The Defence Strategy of the Slovak Republic determines Slovakia's principal approaches in delivery of national defence. Since 2005, when the previous version of the document was officially adopted, several changes have occurred, impacting on the provision of national defence. So the new document takes account of the growing risks on that front, whilst addressing the strategic adaptation of national defence, the aim of which is to bolster its defence levels in the changing security environment. This adaptation is based on a thorough discharge of Slovakia's primary responsibility for securing its own defence and for performing its commitments that arise out of the international treaties in the field of defence, which are binding for Slovakia. In this context, it is interconnected with NATO's and the EU's strategic adaptation to the changing security environment.
The previous 2001 Military Strategy was replaced by the 2005 Defence Strategy. In essence, the latest Military Strategy specifies the basic parameters for building and developing the Armed Forces in the changing security environment and is fully in line with their strategic goals and tasks.
A follow-up to these strategic documents is the Long-Term Defence Development Plan with Emphasis on Building and Developing the SVK Armed Forces with an Outlook to 2030. It is unique insofar as it represents a defence investment plan until 2030, which had, until recently, been non-existent for 25 years in SVK Defence.
In delivery of modernisation, the MOD wants to apply the principle of Value for Money. “So that we achieve maximum efficiency with the tax payers' money. Equally important, the production capacity of the domestic defence industry should be involved in the modernisation of the SVK Armed Forces to the maximum extent possible, with the aim of boosting Slovakia's employment levels, economy and GDP growth,” explained the Minister.
