TIRANA, September 29/ATA/ The Albanian Armed Forces have participated in the NATO exercises “Carpathian Eagle 20” in Cincu, Romania, where they have shown their skills in shooting, fighting in residential areas and landing (jumping out from plane) from the air.
Minister of Defense Olta Xhaçka posted photos from the exercise conducted by the Armed Forces alongside the elite troops of seven other NATO countries. Xhaçka said that the Armed Forces honoured the country with their appearance.
“The Albanian Special Forces honoured us with the skills shown alongside their colleagues from Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Romania and Turkey in the” Carpathian Eagle 20 “exercise,” Xhaçka said.
“In the training region in Cincu, Romania, elite troops from 7 countries demonstrated and improved their shooting training, combat in residential areas, airborne landing (rope and parachute jumping), health and genius,” Xhaçka concluded.
More than 200 soldiers from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Northern Macedonia and Turkey took part in the NATO-organized Carpathian Eagle 2020 exercise in Romania from September 14th to 26th.
The purpose of the exercise is to train the structures of the Armed Forces to plan, organize, manage and execute an independent special operation, based on a fictitious scenario. “Carpathian Eagle 2020” aims to increase tactical interaction between the Military Forces in the Balkans. /a.a/p.s./
