Minister Naď meets with Israeli Ambassador B. Modai

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Slovak Republic, His Excellency Mr Boaz Modai, at the Ministry of Defence today (3 June 2020). During the meeting, they mainly discussed ways to further cultivate and accelerate the politico-military cooperation between both countries, including supporting the SVK defence industry. On his visit to the MOD, Ambassador Modai was accompanied by the Israeli Defence Attaché to the Slovak Republic, Col Itai Brin.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: "By developing and deepening the SVK-ISR relationship at the level of our MODs, we confirm that we have close positions even on such issues as security and defence, which, of course, is bringing us together and creating a space for intensifying our cooperation." On this occasion, the Minister expressed the interest of SVK Special Operations Forces (SOF) experts in the offer to visit and consider the use of Israeli training facilities for training the SVK SOF units in the coming years. As he added, it pleases him that the mutual cooperation on education and training has, in the long run, gone well over and above the standard scope of bilateral relations.