Focus News Agency
June 17, 2014
Bulgaria to host NATO’s Strategic Military Partner Conference 2014
Sofia” Bulgaria is to host NATO’s Strategic Military Partner Conference 2014 at the level of Chiefs of Defence, which will be hosted at the Kempinski Hotel Zografski in the capital Sofia, the press centre of the Defence Ministry announced.
The event will be held from June 17 until June 19. It is organised by NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT).
The conference will be opened by Bulgarian Chief of Defence General Simeon Simeonov and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, General Jean-Paul Paloméros.
Some 69 delegations have been invited to take part in the conference and some 300 representatives of NATO member states and countries which are NATO’s partners in the Partnership for Peace, the Mediterranean Dialogue, and other initiatives are expected to attend the conference.
The event aims at a discussion on further strengthening of cooperation as well as on the new complex challenges for security globally. The forum will provide a chance to a range of NATO’s partners and members to establish common positions and exchange ideas on the state and further development of processes connected with defence and security.
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