MOD State Secretary Simunovic received Thomas M. Countryman
State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, Pjer Simunovic and his associates received on Monday, November 22, the official U.S. delegation, led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs at the State Department of the United States, Thomas M. Countryman.
During the meeting they discussed the conclusions of the NATO Summit held in Lisbon, and overall contribution of Croatia to ISAF mission in Afghanistan, for which Croatian was praised by the American partner. The ability of individual countries in the region regarding the contribution for the declared regional mentoring / instructor teams for international operations was discussed, and in that sense, MOD initiatives for such cooperation was praised and supported. Simunovic and Countryman also discussed the experiences of participation in the KFOR operation in Kosovo.