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Ph.D. George Cristian Maior, State Secretary and chief of Department for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defence Policy will pay an official visit between May 5 and 9, 04 in Republic of Portugal invited by Henrigue Praia da Rocha de Freitas, State Secretary of Defence and Veterans from the Portuguese Ministry of Defence.
State Secretary Maior will meet Ph.D. Paulo Sacadura Cabral Portas, Portuguese minister of Defence, high officials from the MoD and General Staff and the commander of NATO Command from Lisbon.
The talks with the Portuguese officials will be focused on NATO transformations in the Istanbul Summit perspective, EU enlargement, ESDI, evolution of the reform within the armed forces, bilateral military cooperation, counter-terrorism and Romania’s participation the to peace support missions.
Maior’s visit enlisted the very good bilateral relations between the ministries of Defence from the two countries and represents an important moment in defence cooperation between Romania and Portugal.
Dep. for Euro-Atlantic Integration
and Defense Policy