TIRANA, September 17 – The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Arben Kingji, participated in the meeting of the NATO Military Committee, at the Chief of Staff level, held in Oslo, Norway.
The meeting was chaired by the Chairman of the NATO Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, with the support of the Supreme Commander of the Alliance in Europe, General Cavoli, and the Supreme Commander of the Alliance for Transformation, General Lavigne.
During this meeting, the senior military representatives discussed a series of topics, which included the materialization of the decisions taken during the Vilnius Defense Summit, the ability to implement regional plans as part of NATO plans, the adaptation of command-control structures of NATO, the situation in Ukraine and its impact on the Euro-Atlantic area.
A special session was devoted to the situation in Ukraine. In his speech, Major General Kingji informed the participants on the support that Albania has given for training and support with weapons, ammunition and vehicles for the Ukrainian forces, as well as the readiness to continue this support in the future.
He stressed the role of KFOR for security in Kosovo and beyond, as well as Albania’s commitment to support this NATO operation.
The inclusion by the European Union of Corridor 8 in the main trans-European network is of particular importance for the movement of forces and means from the shores of the Adriatic to the eastern borders of the Alliance, and with the airport of Kuçova and the qualities of the new port of Porto Romanos Albania offers all the capacities to support the movement of forces, said Kingji. /argumentum.al
