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Mr. Walter Kolbow, State Secretary and parliamentarian at the Federal Ministry of Defence from Germany ended Friday February 6, 04 the visit in Romania at the invitation made by State Secretary Sorin Encutescu.
Referring to the results of the talks with the Romanian officials, Mr. Kolbow appreciated the stage of the reform of the defence in our country. He underlined that now the Alliance is in a full process of transformation and the rapid reaction force should have well trained elements for countering terrorism. The force command structures should be able to dislocate any time and any place the troops capable to defend the global peace.
State Secretary Encutescu appreciated the visit of his German counterpart enlisting on the good relations between the two countries’ Armed Forces ever since the beginning of the process of joint of Romania to NATO. He also mentioned the fact that they agreed on the way the military specialists will cooperate for legislative harmonization on public relations and the sending over the military personnel to missions in different theaters of operations.
MoND Press Office