Annual Reunion of South Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial ( SEDM Ministerial) will take place on Wednesday, October 16, at BNR Palace, Bucharest.

The Reunion will be chaired by the Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the SEDM, Albanian Deputy Defence Minister, Petro Koci, and attended by representatives of defence ministries from SEDM member states: Romanian State Secretary Doru Claudian Frunzulica, Defence Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Pavel Voicu, as well as the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Ambassador Tacan Ildem, and Director of the Center for Security Cooperation (RACVIAC), Jeronim Bazo.

The activity is a good opportunity to restate Romania's commitment for the on-going projects run within the initiative as well as to support certain proposals to consolidate SEDM as the main cooperation format in South-Eastern Europe, in the context of the evolution of the security situation in the region.

On this occasion, the Chairman of the SEDM Coordination Committee, Petro Koci, and State Secretary Doru Claudian Frunzulica will make press statements on Wednesday, October 16, at 13.30.

Journalists willing to attend the activity are requested to send their identification data (name and surname, series and number of identity card, and the media institution they represent) by Tuesday, 15 October,18.00, at e-mail address presamapn@mapn.ro.
The mass-media representatives will be expected on Wednesday, October 16, at BNR Palace, Bucharest (8 Doamnei Street), between 13.00 and 13.15. Point of contact for additional information: Lieutenant colonel Constantin Balan, 0732634341.

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SEDM is a regional initiative that contributes to maintaining peace and strengthening good neighborhood relations and close cooperation among the South-East European states, by providing a platform for political-military dialogue and involving in projects with practical applicability in the field of security and regional stability.

The SEDM process includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, United States of America, Turkey and Ukraine, and the Republic of Moldova as observer.

Between 2019 and 2021, Albania will chair the Coordination Committee of the SEDM, as well as the Political Military Steering Committee of the Multinational Peacekeeping Brigade of South-Eastern Europe.

The Press Office