The Chief of GS of ARM, Lieutenant General Matodija Velichkovski had a meeting with the new non-resident Defence Attaché of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Republic of Macedonia, Colonel Yves Cuvelier.
The Chief of GS of ARM warmly welcomed Colonel Cuvelier and asked the Colonel for strengthened engagement in the bilateral cooperation of the two armies in the field of defence.
Lieutenant General Velichkovski expressed gratitude for the maximum logistics support of the ARM’s company within the EU combat group (2014/II), where the Kingdom of Belgium was a leading country.
The cooperation between ARM and Belgium armed forces began in the EUFOR operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ALTEA, with engagement of the helicopter detachment of ARM within the Belgium helicopter detachment.