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General Rittimann commends cooperation with MoD and AFBiH

FENA Press release

 

SARAJEVO, August 27 (FENA) - The BiH Defense Minister Marina Pendeš received the Operational Commander of the European Union Forces for the Operation Althea and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Supreme Allied Command for Europe, Lieutenant General Oliver Rittimann.

Minister Pendeš thanked General Rittimann for EUFOR's support to the activities of the BiH Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces. She informed him about the challenges they face with regard to the fact that a new BiH Council of Ministers has not been formed yet. However, the MoD and AFBiH are trying to persist in meeting their legal obligations and annual activity plan. They are working constantly to improve the training, operational capabilities and staffing of the Armed Forces, as well as the implementation plan for the Defense Review and the Long-Term Plan for the AFBiH Modernization 2017-2027. The AFBiH has been successfully participating in several international peacekeeping missions, as well as conducting humanitarian demining activities, solving surplus weapons, ammunition and explosives.

Pendeš added that due to non-adoption of the budget, they are working in an interim financing regime, which complicates the implementation of their projects concerning the procurement of motor vehicles and uniforms, as well as modernization projects, and they hope that the budget approval will be resolved soon.

“As Minister of Defense, I would point out that with regard to the activation of the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in NATO, the expected submission of the Annual National Program (ANP) is only a technical issue, which should not be seen as a problem in the way of meeting our foreign policy goals, but as steps to achieve prosperity for all our citizens,” Pendeš concluded.

General Rittimann expressed his satisfaction with the MoD and the AFBiH, and noted that thier co-operation is very successful, although not forming the government structures complicates activities. In particular, he expressed his support for the implementation of mine action and emphasized the importance of marking light weapons and armaments in BiH. During the day, Lieutenant General Rittimann will meet the Chief of the Armed Forces of the AFBiH, Lieutenant General Senad Mašović, at the Joint Headquarter of the AFBiH.

Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy and Planning Sead Jusić, Assistant Minister of Defense for International Cooperation Zoran Šajinović, and the Commander of EUFOR in BiH Major General Reinhard Trischak attended the meeting as well, the Press Office of the Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina stated. 

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