Admiral Samardžić – General Hodges: The support of the U.S AF to the integration of the Montenegro’s defense system in NATO

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Montenegro, Admiral Dragan Samardžić met today with the Commander of the U.S Army for Europe, General Ben Hodges.

 During the meeting is discussed about the process of accession and integration of the Montenegro's defense system in NATO, the support of the U.S Armed Forces on that path. Admiral Samardzic has expressed the gratitude on constant support of the USA AF on the process of transformation and reforms of the Armed Forces of Montenegro and presented the most significant achievements in the area of strategic defense documents, capability developments, modernization and recon structuring of the Armed Forces.

The Chief of the General Staff has especially stressed the significance of the participation of the AF MNE members in international operations and benefits that contributed on significant improvement of the planning and realization of the training and exercises and accelerated the process of equipping, standardization and modernization of the Montenegro's Armed Forces. 

General Hodges thanked the Montenegro on continuous support and contribution to NATO operations in Afghanistan and highlighted the significance of pooling the resources and common planning as response to the contemporary complex security challenges. He said that the Armed Forces of Montenegro have made remarkable progress on development of interoperability and capability and that they are recognized as reliable partner in the international peacekeeping operations.