Lt. Gen. Lovrić attends NATO Chiefs of Defence Meeting
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Lt. Gen. Drago Lovrić attended the NATO Military Committee meeting in the Chiefs of Defence format, held in Brussels on 14 and 15 May 2013.
The meeting was inaugural for the new SACEUR, Gen. Philip Breedlove, (USA) and was also attended by Gen. Jean Paul Palomeros, the SACT.
The two-day meeting is to feature the current status and the future of the NATO-led operations, primarily ISAF and KFOR, the planning of a new operation in Afghanistan for the post-2014 period, the opportunities to deepen the co-operation with NATO Partners (NATO-Russia, NATO-Ukraine and NATO-Georgia) and NATO transformation pertaining to defence capabililties including Smart Defence, the Connected Forces Initiative and NATO Command structure.