Preparation begins for "Defender 2023", Peleshi: Albania, ready to serve again as a host country for the biggest exercise
- Published: Monday, 25 October 2021 10:21
Albania has started working to host again one of the biggest exercises "Defender 2023". A coordination conference was organized, attended by Defence Minister Niko Peleshi, the ChoD Major General Bajram Begaj, the US Ambassador Yuri Kim, and senior military representatives of the US and Albania.
In his speech, Minister Peleshi described "Defender 2021", which took place several months ago, as a history of success.
Peleshi to NATO counterparts: Greater attention needs to be paid to Kosovo
- Published: Saturday, 23 October 2021 11:25
On the second day of the meeting of the Ministers of the countries part of the Alliance, they also discussed the NATO-EU cooperation. In the framework of this cooperation, Albania has contributed for three years to the NATO mission in the Aegean Sea, it is worth mentioning the presence of the Albanian Armed Forces in Mali and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Albania organizes the Senior Course on Security and Defense Studies, military personnel and officials from Kosovo and NATO countries are part of it
- Published: Friday, 22 October 2021 12:20
The Armed Forces Academy (AFA) is organizing the Senior Course on Security and Defense Studies (SCSDS) 2021, with participants from other countries.
The purpose of SCSDS is to train military officers (OF5) and civilian officials from Albania, NATO, and partner countries at the strategic level.
The course is attended by students from Albania, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Italy, and Georgia.
Defense Ministerial in Brussels, Peleshi: The Armed Forces are committed to the security of the camp in Kosovo where Afghan refugees have taken shelter
- Published: Friday, 22 October 2021 11:39
The defense of NATO countries and the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq were the main topics of the first day of the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the Alliance that is taking place in Brussels, which is also attended by Defence Minister Niko Peleshi.
The Ministers discussed the strengthening and modernization of the NATO Force Structure, in order to prepare the decisions that the NATO leaders will take at the Madrid Summit on June 29-30, 2022.
Defence Minister Mr. Peleshi and the Chief of AAFGS Major General Begaj host in a meeting the Commander of the NATO Joint Air Operations Center
- Published: Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:49
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Assoc. Prof. Bajram Begaj, hosted in a meeting the Commander of the NATO Joint Air Operations Center, Lieutenant General Fernando De La Cruz Caravaca, who is paying an official visit to Albania.
Minister Peleshi thanked General Caravaca for the work he and his staff are doing for the NATO airspace surveillance and policing, and in particular, thanked our neighbors, Italy and Greece, for their contribution to our country's airspace policing.
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