TIRANA, Aug 23 /ATA/ – Defence Minister Pirro Vengu stated Friday that building capacities that can be used for both civil and military purposes, strengthening civil defence programs and the military medicine, as well as defence and security assistance from the United States were on focus of the talks he had with the Ambassadors of the Netherlands and Romania, as well as the Defense Attachés and the five full-time U.S. advisors to the Ministry of Defence during this week.
The action plan for the last quarter of 2024 was high on agenda of a the meeting with the U.S. military advisors, with talks focusing on management of the human resources and building a motivating career system for the Albanian army officers and servicemen; medium-term budget planning in accordance with security and defence objectives and modernization plans; alignment of defence policies with the NATO priorities; enhancing the military Industry; boosting cyber protection capacities.
The meeting with Dutch Ambassador for Cyber Affairs, in addition to bilateral cooperation, also focused on ways to enhance cooperation in area of civil defence.
Defence Minister also hosted the Romanian Ambassador in Tirana, Oktavian Serban, to express gratitude to Romania for helping Albania to strengthen air and land capacities to tackle wildfires across the country by sending two military aircraft C-27J Spartan and C-130 Hercules.
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