The Chief of GS of ARM Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski met the Ambasador of the Republic of France to the Republic of Macedonia, HE Cristian Thimonier and the newlyappointed resident Defense Attache to the Republic of Macedonia, Colonel Jean-Marc Lavallee.
At the protocolar meeting, General Velichkovski and Ambasador Thimonie talked about the the bilateral cooperation between ARM and the French armed forces, exploring the possibilities of extending the currect mutual defense cooperation.
The CGS of ARM cordially welcomed Colonel Jean-Marc Lavallee in the Republic of Macedonia.
General Velichkovski thanked the Republic of France for their support of Republic of Macedonia in their aspirations to join the Euroatlantic union. He also said that Macedonian and French armed forces will continue to strengthen and extend their cooperation through joint training, shared military education in order to help ARM to achieve necessary interoperability with NATO.
