Defense Minister Niko Peleshi followed closely a training day of Land Force by a group of the Security Force and Assistance Brigade (SFAB), US European Command.
Minister Peleshi said that this training serves to increase the level of the Albanian Armed Forces as part of NATO, and the certification in September by the Alliance.
Three years had passed since Major Klodian Tanushi and Lieutenant Zarife Hasanaj fell on the line of duty, while on a NATO mission in Latvia.
Major Klodian Tanushi and Lieutenant Zerife Hasanaj, part of the Albanian contingent within the NATO mission "Enhanced Forward Presence" in Latvia, lost their lives while performing combat duties.
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi accompanied by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Bajram Begaj participated in the conference, convened by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, which was held at the air base in Ramstein, Germany.
In this conference, the US had invited to attend the Defence Ministers and the representatives from 40 different countries, where they discussed the situation in Ukraine, the needs that this country has for assistance in the current and long-term plan, the dynamics of fighting in Ukraine, the assessment of their combat capabilities, the opportunities to contribute to the improvement of these capabilities, as well as increasing the defense capabilities of this country in the future.
In the presence of the residents of the area, Defence Minister Niko Peleshi inspected the completion of the construction of the "bailey" bridge over the river Dunavec in the Voskopoja village of Korça.
Accompanied by the director of the Civil Protection Agency Haki Çako and the mayor of Korça Sotiraq Filo, Minister Peleshi noted the fact that for a long time the Armed Forces, through the coordination of the Civil Defense Agency are in support of the communities throughout the whole country to make the civilians' lives easier, being on alert even in cases of natural disasters alongside the local government.
Local self-government units will have more financial resources to cope with Civil Emergencies in their territory.
Pursuant to Law 45/2019, "On Civil Protection" and the budget of 2022, the Ministry of Defense has allocated to municipalities a total fund of 10 million $.
