Minister Gajdoš holds talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan

Minister of Defence Peter Gajdoš held talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan at MOD Main Building today (12 December). During the meeting, they praised the mutual defence cooperation between the Slovak Republic and the United States of America, culminating today with the signature of the purchase contract for U.S. F-16 fighter jets. From the perspective of modernising the SVK Armed Forces, this marks a historic momentum. Minister Gajdoš and Deputy Secretary Sullivan also agreed that the defence cooperation between the SVK Armed Forces and the Indiana National Guard has been excellent, especially when it comes to joint training and exercises in both countries.

 

Head of the MOD expressed his appreciation for the SVK-U.S. collaboration facilitated through the U.S. Governmentʼs Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program, which represents one of the most transparent and effective procurement methods of supplying military assets and armaments to the SVK Armed Forces. Following that, Minister Gajdoš informed Deputy Secretary Sullivan about the defence modernization programmes being currently in progress.

 

At todayʼs meeting, Minister Gajdoš and Deputy Secretary Sullivan also discussed the industrial cooperation between the two countries, the SVK deployments on international crisis management missions and operations, and the planned increase in the SVK contribution to the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan under the approved mandate.