TIRANA, Aug 31 /ATA/ – Albania has formally ended its South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministerial (SEDM) chairmanship after successfully chairing the regional initiative from 2019 to 2021.
Members of the SEDM Secretariat attended the official ceremony of handing over the initiative’s chairmanship to Bulgaria during an even in the city of Kumanovo, North Macedonia, the country where South-Eastern Europe Brigade or SEEBRIG multinational force is deployed.
The SEDM Secretariat delegation was headed by the Deputy Defence Minister Dallëndyshe Bici.
In her remarks at the ceremony, Deputy Defence Minister noted that Albania successfully concluded its two-year chairmanship and voiced the country’s commitment to promoting importance of the SEDM initiative that has proven to be a successful mechanism in building security in South-Eastern Europe.
In her closing remarks, Deputy Defence Minister praised the SEEBRIG commander, brigadier general Aristeidis Iliopoulos and his personnel for the continued efforts to succeed in all SEEBRIG activities.
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