TIRANA, Nov 18 – Albanian Defense head together with the Croatian one will participate for the first time in their status as NATO Invitee Countries at a meeting of Alliance’s top military officers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Nov. 19-20.
That was the second of three meetings per year for the NATO Chiefs of Defense, NATO’s highest military authority.
More than 60 Chiefs of Defense from NATO members, Partnership-for-Peace nations, the Mediterranean Dialogue countries and Ukraine will be in attendance. The Pakistan Chief of Army Staff will also be attending for discussions on the situation in Afghanistan.
There will be several different sessions, including with just the NATO Chiefs of Defense, dealing mainly with operations and discussing military-related issues in preparations for the next NATO Summit in April 2009.
Albanian chief of defense at NATO meeting
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