Moldova to sign additional agreement with Turkey on military training

17:16 | 05.09.2018 Category: Political

Chisinau, 05 September /MOLDPRES/ – The Cabinet of Ministers has approved today the decision on the signing of the Supplementary Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of Moldova and the General Staff of Turkey on cooperation in the field of military training.

Currently, the legal framework for cooperation in the field of military training between the two defence institutions includes the Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of Moldova and the General Staff of Turkey on cooperation in the military training, technical and scientific field concluded at Ankara on 19 November 1998, and an additional agreement signed in August 2001.

On the proposal of Turkey, it was initiated drafting and negotiation of new draft Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of Moldova and the General Staff of Turkey on cooperation in the field of military training. The purpose of the new document is clearer and more multidimensional regulation of process of organising and conducting training in the military education institutions of parties.

The project is a revised version of the 2001 Agreement both in technical and editorial terms, as well as in omission of provisions that were not applicable in implementation, and contains new provisions needed for a clearer interpretation and effective applicability of Agreement. The new provisions include the scope and goal of the Agreement, wider cooperation areas, cooperation procedures, training terms, more detailed regulations on protection of secret info, regulation of special issues (applicability of provisions of Armed Conflict Agreement, riots social and international crisis), resolution of disputes.

The project also regulates issues related to staff training in military academies and military mapping schools, mutual exchange of students and teachers between educational institutions, participation in joint military exercises. Also, it refers to cooperation on training in logistics, military medicine and healthcare, exchange of info on military judicial processes.

(Reporter V. Bercu, editor L. Alcaza)

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