Minister Kodheli, for the clearance of the Gërdec area

Kodheli:Let’s turn Gërdec into a garden of flowers. We have assured 1.2 million dollars for the hotspots clearance.

Defence Minister, Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, was today in Gërdec to attend at the certification ceremony of a cleared area from hazardous waste and hand over of this area to the local government structures. Minister Kodheli saw the work being done to clear the area and met the military personnel who have worked and continue to work for the full accomplishment of this operation.

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Promotion of 24 Albanian militaries at the New Jersey National Guard

It was held in New Jersey the promotion ceremony of 24 Albanian militaries who studied in the pilot program at Officer Candidates School (OCS) of the New Jersey National Guard.
At the ceremony attended the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo, who is on an official visit to the United States of America. This visit is part of the successful military cooperation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania with the New Jersey National Guard, as a U.S. partner state of Albania. During the visit, General Bazo held meetings with leaders of the New Jersey National Guard and visited some military bases this Guard.

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Minister Kodheli hosts Iftar for peacekeepers’ families

The Minister of Defence, Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, with the approach of the closing of the glorious month of Ramadan, hosted today Iftar for the families of the militaries in peacekeeping contingents serving in the framework of NATO Alliance in Afghanistan.
At the dinner were invited members of the families, children and wives of the military personnel in peacekeeping missions.

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Minister Kodheli, message of condolence for the victims of the “Malaysia Airlines” plane

Defence Minister Mrs. Mimi Kodheli expresses condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones in the crash of “Malaysia Airlines” plane. Mrs. Kodheli has sent a letter of condolence to her counterparts of NATO countries, who had victims in the “Malaysian Airlines” plane. In this letter Mrs. Kodheli writes: “I was deeply saddened for the disastrous crash of “Malaysian Airlines” plane on July 17, 2014.

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