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: Published: Friday, 25 April 2014 14:11

The Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence support any earlier declaration issued by their officials. There is no evidence that supports hypothesis recently stated during these last weeks to the public.
The Air Forces possesses documents issued by specialized structures of the Alliance that monitor the airspace of the Republic of Albania, which confirm that, there were no renegade planes in our air space at the time and date cited by the media.

63rd anniversary of the Air Force

: Published: Thursday, 24 April 2014 15:40

At the Farka Air Base, it was held today a festive ceremony, on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the Albanian Combat Aviation establishment (Air Force today). In the event attended Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr. Dritan Hila, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo, Forces’ commanders, defence attachés accredited to our country, directors of departments in the Ministry of Defence and General Staff, veterans, families of martyrs of Aviation, Air Force militaries, as well as other guests.

The opening speech was held by Air Force Commander, Brigadier General Frederik Beltoja.

Minister Kodheli inspects the former destruction area of munitions in Hajmel, Vau i Dejës

: Published: Monday, 21 April 2014 16:15

Defence Minister Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim bazo, inspected the former destruction area of munitions in Hajmel, Vau i Dejës, which is undergoing a process of control and cleansing by the personnel and means of the Armed Forces.

Defence Minister Kodheli was briefed about the work the Armed Forces personnel is carrying out for cleansing this former shooting range, and emphasized that, the demilitarization process of hotspots continues across the country. This process is very important to the lives of our citizens. The Armed Forces are in charge of this very important activity for the community, added Minister Kodheli.

Minister Kodheli visits the Special Forces Battalion in Zall-Herr

: Published: Friday, 18 April 2014 15:06

Defence Minister Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, accompanied by the Chief of General Staff, Major General Jeronim Bazo, paid a visit to the Special Forces Command (SFC) in Zall-Herr. Mrs. Kodheli and Major General Jeronim Bazo were welcomed by the commander of SFC, LTC Qazim Hoxha and followed the daily activity of this battalion. Then, both senior leaders of the Armed Forces ate lunch together with the personnel of this unit.

Speech of Defence Minister Kodheli in the Parliament of Albania

: Published: Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:32

For a week, the media have published an excessive explosion of the slur policy to obscure the renaissance image of the Armed Forces. It has been a week since the opposition raised the question, implying that it is aware of a terrible truth, but without saying anything other than I, as Minister of Defence, am hiding this information and I’m not being transparent.