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Thursday, March 18, 2004 Sorin Encutescu, State Secretary and chief of Department for Parliament Liaison, Legislative Harmonization and Public Relations received Joshua Kucera, specialist in South Eastern European issues of the prestigious Jane’s Defence Review, member of the delegation formed by American and European journalists in visit in Romania within a professional program.
During the talks they approached the preoccupation of the Ministry of National Defence in keeping the public informed on the participation to the missions in the theaters of operations outside the national territory, the cooperation with the Parliament and the Government of Romania, the forms of dialogue with the civil society.
A good part of the time of discussions was focused according to the interest of Jane’s representative on Romania’s contribution as a NATO future member, intentions of the Romanian Government and MoND on the defence budget, the professional reconversion of the discharged military personnel. They had also discussed the mechanism and the legal proceedings for the transit and station of the foreign troops on the national territory, the dialogue between theMoND and the Parliament, Government and other NGOs on legislative issues.
The guest was impressed by the preoccupation the Ministry of National Defence has in professional reconversion of the military personnel and the transparency with the civil society.
MoND Press Office