TIRANA, February 6/ATA/ The French military attaché accredited to the Republic of Albania, Colonel Valery Sens paid an official visit to the National Search and Rescue Center.
Head of the Center, Colonel Fiqiri Hoxha acquainted the French Attaché with the organization and functioning of the Search and Rescue Service in the Republic of Albania, the relevant structures, the mission and tasks of the Center, as well as the national SAR capacities.
There were also presented the regional and international cooperation in the field of search and rescue.
For his part, Colonel Sens thanked the Center’s heads for their hospitality and appreciated the work carried out by the Albanian structures in the field of search and rescue.
He expressed his readiness to further strengthen and deepen bilateral cooperation, emphasizing the significance of increasing SAR capacities and involving Albanian personnel in joint exercises and activities in France.
The visit of the French Military Attaché to the Center constitutes an important step in strengthening bilateral relations and international cooperation in the field of search and rescue. /gj.m/a.f/r.e/p.s./
