TIRANA, January 6/ATA/ Albanian Support Command began the new year 2025 in completely transformed premises in infrastructure and with a new leader.
Minister of Defense Pirro Vengu attended the presentation event of the new commander of the Support Command, Brigadier General Aleksandër Pando, in these new facilities.
Also part of this ceremony were the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Arben Kingji, and the staff of the Support Command and the Armed Forces.
Minister Vengu expressed his confidence that General Aleksandër Pando is the right person to lead this very important Command forward on its path towards upgrade and increased efficiency.
Vengu emphasized that, “This Command, as one of the most important parts of the functional chain of the Armed Forces, will continue to develop and contribute to building our capacities and maintaining peace in the region, but also in its noble mission to stand by and assist civilians in cases of emergency”.
“As Minister of Defense, I am committed to fully support all components of our Forces, ensuring that they are prepared and ready to face any challenge”, Vengu underlined.
Brigadier General Pando previously served as Director of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
The Support Command is a very important structure of the Armed Forces, which has as its purpose, providing capacities for supporting logistics, infrastructure, health services and other services of the Armed Forces in the interest of fulfilling their constitutional mission.
After the new facilities in which the Support Command will operate, the aim of the Ministry of Defense is to expand its capacities and continue the upgrade process to increase its efficiency and strengthen it, also as a vital node of the Civil Protection system. /r.e/p.s./
