Chief of General Staff of the Czech Republic Armed Forces (AF) General Joseph Bechvar is on a two-day official visit to Macedonia and the Macedonian Army.
The delegation of the Czech Republic Armed Forces accompanied by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in the Republic of Macedonia HE Miroslav Ramesh was welcomed with high military honors by the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velickovski.
During his visit of the General Staff, General Bechvar met Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski and had official talks which were attended by the key personnel of the General Staff of ARM.
At the meeting, as part of the official talks, the mission of ARM was presented as well as ARM’s participation in peacekeeping missions led by the UN, NATO and the EU, the activities accomplished within the mutual military cooperation and the possibility of using the resources the armies of both countries have.
Among other issues, the offer about ARM being part of the Czech project for smart logistics defense provision called “Multinational Logistics Coordination Centre” was discussed. A joint participation at the upcoming military exercise “Skilled logistics 2019” was also taken into consideration.
Chief of General Staff of the Czech Republic Armed Forces, during his stay in the country will be hosted by the Macedonian President and Supreme Commander of the Macedonian Armed Forces HE Dr. Gjorge Ivanov.
Tomorrow the delegation will visit the Military training area ‘Krivolak’ and the watch-tower Bogorodica on the Macedonian-Greek border, where a joint briefing, with the members of the Czech Republic police force engaged in migrant crisis management, will be delivered.
The intensified meetings on the highest army level with the armies of NATO member countries, which have visited ARM recently, are recognition of the activities ARM achieves accomplishing the commitments in terms of achieving the standards in training and interoperability with the armies of NATO member countries and for successfully managing the challenges of the migrant crisis.
ARM demonstrates its interoperability in performing joint activities on international exercises and taking part in, at the moment, the biggest NATO military exercise ‘Anaconda 2016’, where we are participating with a respectable number of 157 ARM servicemen, as well as in peacekeeping missions where we are participating with 43 ARM servicemen.
