Defence Minister Naď: Talks with French Minister for Armed Forces Florence Parly provide new impulse for Slovak-French political and defence engagement
- Author:
- Photo:
- Date: 07.10.2021
- Share: Zdieľať na Facebook
The talks with French Minister for the Armed Forces Madame Florence Parly provided a new impulse for the Slovak-French political and defence engagement, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď announced after meeting his counterpart at the French Ministry of Defence in Paris.
Speaking in appreciation of the meeting's outcomes, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “We view France as an important European partner, which is underlined by the fact that this is my first visit to an EU country beyond the Visegrad Group countries. The aim of my official visit was to identify a strategic framework for driving the defence cooperation of our countries forward, and, to a great extent, we have succeeded in doing just so.”
The central theme of today's talks was the way ahead to deepen the bilateral defence and security cooperation between Slovakia and France. Mr Naď and Madame Parly were appreciative of the Slovak-French military programme of activities in areas such as military education, training, and public engagements. Both leaders went over the potential areas of SVK-FRA defence industry collaboration in the context of the SVK Armed Forces modernisation, with the Slovak Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) and Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) Programmes as the latest announced G2G request.
Defence Minister Naď said: “France was among the countries the representatives of which visited the Ministry of Defence to take over the Armoured Capability Programmes Request for Government Proposal (RfGP), including the requirements, specifications and evaluation criteria.”
Alongside this, Minister Naď offered a range of concrete options to carry on the defence engagement between Slovakia and France to include Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), education and training activities at the SVK MOD's unique training establishments and facilities, and the French Air Force's participation in the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) 2022.
Given the recent international developments, the Slovak and French Ministers put the situation in Afghanistan and the Sahel region as a priority theme on the agenda of today's meeting. On the latter, the two leaders discussed Slovakia's potential operational involvement in the Task Force Takuba to support the countries in the region in the fight against terrorism.
On the upcoming French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Ministers discussed the French MOD's ambitions to engage on issues relating to the EU's Strategic Compass and the NATO-EU relationship.
Before his bilateral meeting with French Minister for the Armed Forces Madame Parly, Defence Minister Naď met with Senator Christian Cambon, Chairman of the French Senate's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces, to discuss topics of common interest.
Speaking in appreciation of the meeting's outcomes, Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď said: “We view France as an important European partner, which is underlined by the fact that this is my first visit to an EU country beyond the Visegrad Group countries. The aim of my official visit was to identify a strategic framework for driving the defence cooperation of our countries forward, and, to a great extent, we have succeeded in doing just so.”
The central theme of today's talks was the way ahead to deepen the bilateral defence and security cooperation between Slovakia and France. Mr Naď and Madame Parly were appreciative of the Slovak-French military programme of activities in areas such as military education, training, and public engagements. Both leaders went over the potential areas of SVK-FRA defence industry collaboration in the context of the SVK Armed Forces modernisation, with the Slovak Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) and Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) Programmes as the latest announced G2G request.
Defence Minister Naď said: “France was among the countries the representatives of which visited the Ministry of Defence to take over the Armoured Capability Programmes Request for Government Proposal (RfGP), including the requirements, specifications and evaluation criteria.”
Alongside this, Minister Naď offered a range of concrete options to carry on the defence engagement between Slovakia and France to include Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), education and training activities at the SVK MOD's unique training establishments and facilities, and the French Air Force's participation in the Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) 2022.
Given the recent international developments, the Slovak and French Ministers put the situation in Afghanistan and the Sahel region as a priority theme on the agenda of today's meeting. On the latter, the two leaders discussed Slovakia's potential operational involvement in the Task Force Takuba to support the countries in the region in the fight against terrorism.
On the upcoming French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Ministers discussed the French MOD's ambitions to engage on issues relating to the EU's Strategic Compass and the NATO-EU relationship.
Before his bilateral meeting with French Minister for the Armed Forces Madame Parly, Defence Minister Naď met with Senator Christian Cambon, Chairman of the French Senate's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces, to discuss topics of common interest.
