Since April 2021, the contribution to the NATO operation “KFOR” has been increased by an additional platoon, by which our participation has reached 65 members.
The two platoons are part of the multinational battalion in the Regional Command West, they perform tasks in accordance with the given mission of this battalion, primarily patrolling in the area of responsibility and physical security of the command.
The security platoons in the KFOR command – “West” carry out the tasks together with the members of the Armies of Italy, which is the lead country for this sector, and members of the Armies of Austria, Croatia, Moldova, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Turkey.
KFOR Mission Participation through Host Country Coordination Support Center
Having in mind the priorities in the part of logistics not only in national terms, but even more in proportion with the requirements and requests of the Alliance, the Host Nation Support Coordination Centre began to work in April 2005 as part of the NATO HQ in Skopje, a project implemented for the first time with a member nation from the Partnership for Peace. The project at the beginning was implemented on proposal of General Blease, who at that time was the Commander of NATO forces in Skopje. At the beginning, the project included 11 officers from the ARM, who successfully completed the training for the obligations related to giving support from the host nation. Promoting the personal professionalism and achievements, in 2006 these officers became the basis of the Coordination Centre, which gradually began the preparations for undertaking the tasks for support to KFOR.
In June 2007, having in mind the large meaning and the projected goals, the Coordination Centre was included in the formation of the Logistics Support Command in the General Staff of the ARM. In this manner as an addition to the participation in the mission in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lebanon, the ARM participates also in the mission for support to Kosovo. Thus far more than twenty officers of the ARM are trained to work in the Coordination Centre, which is of major benefit for the planning and support of similar missions in the near future for us.