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Chișinău, MOLDOVA - Joint Force Command Naples, Italy – Moldovan General Staff hosted a NATO Partnership delegation on 11 March for an Expert Staff Meeting (ESM) on Military Cooperation. The NATO delegation included representatives from JFC Naples, LANDCOM and the NATO Liaison Office in Moldova, as well as VTC attendance from SHAPE.

The ESMs are annual meetings between NATO and its strategic partners with the aim of tacking stock and synchronizing military cooperation efforts. As on previous occasions, this meeting took place in an atmosphere of transparency, frankness and comradeship that allowed for addressing common endeavors and challenges, while facilitating to consolidate mutual confidence and trust.

Both Moldovan Chief of Defence, Brigadier General Vitalie Micov, and Assistant Chief of Staff J9, Allied Joint Force Command Naples, Rear Admiral Thorsten Marx stressed how successful and beneficial is the cooperation under the NATO Partnership framework for both parties, committing to go forward especially in the current complexity of the regional dynamics and security turbulences.  

NATO values Moldova as a very committed and reliable partner and appreciates its efforts for enhancing cooperation with the Alliance over the more than 30 years since Moldova joined the Partnership for Peace (1994).