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Heading a delegation, Nikolay Svinarov, minister of Defence of Republic of Bulgaria will pay an official visit in Romania between March 22 and 23, 04 invited by Ioan Mircea Pascu, minister of National Defence.
During the talks they will approach the regional cooperation in defence and security, the stage and the perspective of the bilateral military relations, the evolution of the process of reform within the Romanian Armed Forces having in view the join to the North Atlantic Alliance and the process of transformation of NATO and the Partnership for Peace.
In the same time they will make an exchange of information on the participation of the two Armed Forces to the peace support operations and counter-terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq and they will analyze the ESDI evolutions. In this context, they will refer to EU crisis management operations and the perspectives of the enlargement of this type of actions.
The Bulgarian minister of Defence will be received at the Romanian Government, the Commission of Defence, Public Order and National Security of the Chamber of Deputies and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The delegation will lay a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier.
Monday, March 22, 04 at 13.00 hours, the two ministers of Defence will make press declarations at the MoND HQ.
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