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George Cristian Maior State Secretary and chief of Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy participated Monday July 14, 03 to the opening ceremony of "Peace Shield 2003'' Multinational Command and Staff Exercise in Yavoriv (Ukraine) within the Partnership for Peace Center for Joint Training of the West Operational Command.
The exercise is organized by USEUCOM in NATO/PfP spirit and it is led by USAREUR based on the partnership between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard of California State, USA.
''Peace Shield 2003'' multinational command and staff exercise has two main components: computer assisted exercise (CAX) and field training exercise (FTX).
Romania participates to this exercise with 14 military (13 officers and 1 NCO) to the computer-assisted section. 22 NATO members and partners (PfP) are participating to this exercise.
Dep. for Euro-Atlantic Integration
and Defense Policy