The signing of the joint declaration with NATO today will officially complete the process of military integration of Republic of Northern Macedonia in the command structures and in the structure of the Alliance forces.
For that purpose, the Commander of the NATO Supreme Allied Command for General Transformation will be in the country. Philip Lavigne, who in Ministry of Defense и The General Staff The Minister of Defense will meet Radmila Sekerinska and with Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurcinovski.
The topic of the official talks, as stated in the statement from the General Staff and the MoD, in addition to the completion of the process of military integration in NATO structures, will be the activities in the process of transformation and modernization of the Army in fulfilling the NATO capability capabilities and getting acquainted with the planned exercise activities of the Army in the next period.
After the meetings at the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, General Philip Lavigne will meet with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, after which he will be received by the President of the Republic of Northern Macedonia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Stevo Pendarovski where a ceremony for signing the joint declaration for integration of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in NATO structures will be held.
The ceremony, followed by speeches by President Stevo Pendarovski, Minister Radmila Sekerinska and Generals Filip Lavigne and Vasko Gjurcinovski, will be followed by the signing of a joint declaration by Generals Lavinj and Gjurcinovski, which will formally integrate the Republic of Northern Macedonia into NATO. – The Alliance.
The completion of the process of military integration in NATO is a proof of the commitment of the Ministry of Defense and the Army of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in fulfilling the given goals that take place through the transformation processes in the Ministry of Defense and the Army.
Source: Sloboden Pecat
