Special Forces from three countries participating in “Joni 19” Exercise

Published: Thursday, 30 May 2019 15:35

The special forces from Albania, Bulgaria and North Macedonia, for about two weeks, were trained jointly at the Pashaliman Maritime Base.

Special effectives from the three countries were trained for water operations, by practicing various topics such as: group diving, underwater walking, and underwater diving under limited visibility conditions, attack from one floating vessel to another, and many other elements.In addition to the practice of new training elements and testing of the existing ones, special importance was granted to the interaction and co-operation of troops from different countries in a multi-national operational environment.

At the end of the two-week coded Exercise “Joni 19”, it was also celebrated the Day of Distinguished Visitors, which was attended by Land Force Commander, Brigadier General Albert Mullai and the special forces battalions’ commanders of the three participating countries in the training.