United States to help Moldova carry out assistance package on defence capacity building

15:43 | 25.06.2015 Category: Political

Chisinau, 25 June /MOLDPRES/- The U.S. Government will help Moldova carry out an assistance package, Defense Capacity Building for Moldova (DCB), adopted at a meeting of the NATO defence ministers in Brussels on 24 June. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus made a statement to this effect at a working meeting with Defense Minister Viorel Cibotaru.

Mabus also said that, in the context of development of bilateral cooperation, the American side was willing to back other projects of common interest, that would contribute both to strengthening the security sector and settling social problems.

For his part, Cibotaru thanked the American Government for support in the education and training military staff in specialised education institutions from the USA, as well as within exercises and international peacekeeping missions.

The officials analysed the regional geopolitical situation, current processes of reforming the security and national defense sector. The sides reviewed projects and programmes on assistance provided by the USA to reform the National Army.

Ray Mabus pays an official visit to Moldova on 24-25 June.

(Reporter V. Rusu, editor A. Raileanu)

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