The first Consolidated Joint Enhanced Training Initiative Conference, as part of the Allied tailored Forward Presence in the Black Sea region, was held on December 4-5, at the Palace of the National Military Club.

The conference was attended by representatives of the states neighboring the Black Sea (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey), representatives of NATO's command structures Allied Command Transformation and Allied Command Operations, as well as training specialist officers from Albania, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, Hungary and USA.

During the conference, the representatives of the participating states approached topics referring to the implementation plan and the joint training activity synchronization matrix in the Black Sea region for the following three years and discussed the terms of reference for the initiative coordination mechanism.

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A series of measures meant to build an allied credible deterrence and defence posture were adopted at the Warsaw Summit by the heads of state and governments, inclusively by creating an enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) on the Northern part of the Eastern Flank and of a tailored Forward Presence (tFP) for the Southern part of the Alliance Flank.

The forward presence on NATO's Eastern Flank concerns the dynamics of the security environment in the region and mainly focused on the ground dimension in the Northern part, with ground, air maritime and CJET components in the Southeast part.

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