Minister Kodheli inspects the 2nd Infantry Battalion exercise in Zall-Dajt

Published: Friday, 02 May 2014 15:04

Defence Minister Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo and the Land Force Commander, Major General Zyber Dushku, inspected today the exercise conducted by the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the Land Force in the region of Zall-Dajt.
Minister Kodheli closely followed the exercise and met the participating troops thanking them for achievements of this military exercise, which once again proved best, she underlined, your preparation, readiness and confidence you have in the work you do.

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Minister Kodheli met the Alternate Defence Minister of Greece

Published: Monday, 28 April 2014 15:11

The Minister of Defence, Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, had today a special meeting with Mrs. Fofi Gennimata, Alternate Minister of Defence of the Republic of Greece, who is leading a delegation, in an official visit to our country.

During the meeting, Minister Kodheli informed Mrs. Gennimata, and the delegation, about the recent developments in Defence and Security, as well as about the steps taken by the Albanian Government for the fulfilment of vital reforms in Defence.

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Workshop on “Intelligence and Democracy”

Published: Monday, 28 April 2014 12:14

It started today, at the Ministry of Defence, the workshop with topic “Intelligence and Democracy”. At the opening ceremony of the workshop attended the Minister of Defence, Mrs. Mimi Kodheli, the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Jeronim Bazo, the Ambassador of the United States in Tirana, Mr. Alexander Arvizu, members of the Parliament of Albania, the Director of the Albanian Intelligence Service, Mr. Visho Ajazi Lika, as well as representatives of Defence Intelligence Service.

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Press Release

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.

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