On June 17-18 a delegation of the NATO Defence College (NDC) led by NDC Commandant Major General Janusz Bojarski (Polish Air Force). The delegation including roughly 100 members, both students and members of NDC academic community, came to Lithuania as part of a study tour in Eastern European countries. The objective of the tour is to provide an opportunity for the delegation to familiarise with security situation, plans of building defence capacity and challenges in the visited countries.
The delegation met with the Saulius Gasiūnas, head of the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Department of the Ministry of National Defence, and representatives of the Strategic Communications Department of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence in Vilnius.
At a meeting with NDC Commandant Maj Gen J. Bojarski Chief of Defence of Lithuania Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas discussed the security situation in the region, plans of developing Lithuania's defence capabilities, and other current matters of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
The guests also met with chairman of the National Security and Defence Committee Artūras Paulauskas and paid a visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The NATO Defence College was opened in Paris in 1951. Relocated to Rome (Italy) since 1966 the NATO Defence College contributes to the enhancement of the effectiveness of the Alliance and strategic thinking on different political-military issues. It is one of NATO's education and studies centres training senior NATO officials, delivering cooperates intensely with other Alliance and partner nations' military education institutions.
There are graduates of the NATO Defence College among senior officers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
Spokesperson for the Chief of Defence of Lithuania Captain Mindaugas Neimontas, 00370 5 278 5091, mob. 00370 682 25359, email: mindaugas.neimontas@mil.lt
Photo credits: Giedrė Maksimovicz
