Minister Gajdoš receives three representatives from abroad
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Slovak Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today received the Secretary of Commerce for the U.S. state of Indiana, Mr Jim Schellinger, the Hungarian Chief of Defence, Lt Gen Tibor Benkő, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, HE Mr Rein Oidekivi, at MOD Main Building. In a series of bilateral meetings with the officials, the Minister presented the latest MOD-formulated strategic documents.
The main theme of the meeting with Secretary Schellinger was the outstanding long-term defence cooperation between the SVK Armed Forces and the Indiana National Guard (INNG) in the field of training, with a particular focus on the 5th Special Forces Regiment Žilina, and joint exercises.
On the defence engagement with the Indiana National Guard, Minister of Defence Gajdoš said: “The cooperation between our troops has been very active this year as well. I appreciate that just last week members of the Indiana National Guard joined our largest military exercise this year – Slovak Shield 2017.” At the same time, he praised the role of INNG partners in the International Staff Officers Course (ISOC) at the “General M. R. Štefánik” Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš.
In a meeting with Hungarian Chief of Defence Lt Gen Tibor Benkő, both the Minister and the CHOD agreed on the importance of regional cooperation, including the V4 format. The Minister hailed the success of the joint TISA project, which saw the 15th iteration of Exercise Blonde Avalanche at the end of September 2017. Traditionally, the exercise is attended by HUN troops.
In a meeting with Estonian Ambassador Rein Oidekivi, Minister Gajdoš discussed the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In this respect, Minister Gajdoš appreciated the Estonia-sponsored cyber exercise that was on the official programme of the recent informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Tallinn.
The main theme of the meeting with Secretary Schellinger was the outstanding long-term defence cooperation between the SVK Armed Forces and the Indiana National Guard (INNG) in the field of training, with a particular focus on the 5th Special Forces Regiment Žilina, and joint exercises.
On the defence engagement with the Indiana National Guard, Minister of Defence Gajdoš said: “The cooperation between our troops has been very active this year as well. I appreciate that just last week members of the Indiana National Guard joined our largest military exercise this year – Slovak Shield 2017.” At the same time, he praised the role of INNG partners in the International Staff Officers Course (ISOC) at the “General M. R. Štefánik” Armed Forces Academy in Liptovský Mikuláš.
In a meeting with Hungarian Chief of Defence Lt Gen Tibor Benkő, both the Minister and the CHOD agreed on the importance of regional cooperation, including the V4 format. The Minister hailed the success of the joint TISA project, which saw the 15th iteration of Exercise Blonde Avalanche at the end of September 2017. Traditionally, the exercise is attended by HUN troops.
In a meeting with Estonian Ambassador Rein Oidekivi, Minister Gajdoš discussed the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In this respect, Minister Gajdoš appreciated the Estonia-sponsored cyber exercise that was on the official programme of the recent informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Tallinn.
