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Slovak and Czech Defence Ministers to Strengthen Co-Operation
Thursday 22 July 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Prague, July 22 (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak Defence Minister Lubomir Galko and his Czech counterpart Alexander Vondra agreed on strengthening the scope of co-operation between Slovak and Czech armies at their meeting in Prague on Thursday.
"We concurred unanimously on maintaining and improving this co-operation in the future," said minister Vondra, conceding that strategic bilateral co-operation between the Czech Republic and Slovakia has been neglected recently.
The two ministers also agreed on establishing a mixed Slovak-Czech political-military committee to evaluate the current status of co-operation by November and propose projects to enhance it. Both armies could co-operate more within NATO mission in Afghanistan, in carrying out the so-called helicopter initiative within NATO and in the fields of supersonic aviation, anti-aircraft defence, military education and also research and development.
"It's safe to say that Slovak and Czech priorities and tasks at hand bear similarities," said Galko.
The Czech Republic would like to offer its subsonic aircraft L-159 used in training to Slovakia, but Galko has not adopted a stance on the issue yet.
"We'll surely discuss this issue in the near future," he said.
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