Defence diplomacy course completed at the Croatian Military Academy

On the Croatian Military Academy (HVU) “Petar Zrinski”, on Thursday, 21 April 2011, the 10th Course on defence diplomacy was completed.

The ceremony upon completion was attended by State Secretary in the Ministry of Defence Pjer Simunovic, HVU Director Major General Mirko Sundov and numerous other guests.
The course was attended by twelve CAF members and one member from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine and two from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Hungary and the Russian Federation.

Welcoming those present and congratulating the students on successful completion of the program, MOD Secretary of State Simunovic stressed the importance of this international program and thanked all the participants.

In his speech General Sundov pointed out that students demonstrated a remarkable level of knowledge and efforts, and expressed the hope that their knowledge, experience and skills acquired during the course they would use for further professional development and better performance of their responsible duties in military diplomacy.

On behalf of the course participants, the present were addressed by the Major Nickolay Pavlov who said that course and the training program was of very high quality and dynamic and thanked everyone who participated in organizing and implementing of this defence diplomacy course.

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