Minister P. Gajdoš at the V4 Ministerial: The success of our region is based on cooperation
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Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš today participated in the Visegrad Group (V4) Defence Ministerial in Budapest. Along with other representatives of the MODs, Ministers agreed on the need to coordinate their joint positions and to promote a strong regional cooperation. They also discussed the preparations for the 2018 NATO summit. This will be held in July 2018 and will coincide with the Slovak V4 Presidency.
SVK Minister of Defence said: “It is always better to present a unified position at a NATO summit, because we stand a greater chance of achieving a broad consensus in a wider forum. We realise that the success of our region is based on cooperation. We support increasing investment in defence, modernisation, and closer NATO-EU cooperation. We expanded on our views on the transformation of the defence capacity building package for Iraq, where our soldiers are serving, to a non-combat mission, which will be proposed at the upcoming NATO summit.” Adding that Slovakia is committed to supporting the approach that pays equal attention to the defence of NATOʼs southern and eastern flanks.
V4 Ministers of Defence concurred in the need to step up NATO-EU cooperation. On EU issues, they devoted their attention to new EU initiatives and the military mobility project. Special attention was paid to the need to finalise the governance rules for PESCO projects. In this connection, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš underscored the first success of the Slovak EuroArtillery (Indirect Fire Support) project and invited the V4 members to join the project.
In light of the upcoming Slovak V4 Presidency, which Slovakia will take over from Hungary in July 2018, Minister Gajdoš introduced its priorities. Slovakia has an ambition to coordinate the positions of the V4 members towards a greater strengthening of EU cooperation. It will also facilitate the exchange of experience on PESCO projects, the joint protection of airspace, and the preparations for the V4 Battle Group, to be on stand-by shortly after the end of the SVK V4 Presidency in the second half of 2019.
SVK Minister of Defence said: “It is always better to present a unified position at a NATO summit, because we stand a greater chance of achieving a broad consensus in a wider forum. We realise that the success of our region is based on cooperation. We support increasing investment in defence, modernisation, and closer NATO-EU cooperation. We expanded on our views on the transformation of the defence capacity building package for Iraq, where our soldiers are serving, to a non-combat mission, which will be proposed at the upcoming NATO summit.” Adding that Slovakia is committed to supporting the approach that pays equal attention to the defence of NATOʼs southern and eastern flanks.
V4 Ministers of Defence concurred in the need to step up NATO-EU cooperation. On EU issues, they devoted their attention to new EU initiatives and the military mobility project. Special attention was paid to the need to finalise the governance rules for PESCO projects. In this connection, Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš underscored the first success of the Slovak EuroArtillery (Indirect Fire Support) project and invited the V4 members to join the project.
In light of the upcoming Slovak V4 Presidency, which Slovakia will take over from Hungary in July 2018, Minister Gajdoš introduced its priorities. Slovakia has an ambition to coordinate the positions of the V4 members towards a greater strengthening of EU cooperation. It will also facilitate the exchange of experience on PESCO projects, the joint protection of airspace, and the preparations for the V4 Battle Group, to be on stand-by shortly after the end of the SVK V4 Presidency in the second half of 2019.
