New step for the training of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
(B2) The EU Stabilization Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR Althea), signed in Sarajevo with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AfBIH), a new training and cooperation plan on Wednesday (19 December) . This agreement covers liaison and coordination, specialist mentoring, combined training and collective exercises.
It symbolizes the fact that the local forces are now self-sufficient in terms of individual training after the culmination of the EUFOR/AFBiH capacity building and training program, which provided training for more than 5000 soldiers.
« This is a historic moment that marks the step forward of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of mutual interoperability with EUFOR underlined General Ivica Jerkić, Deputy Chief of Operations of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. " By signing this agreement, EUFOR can join the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in a new period of cooperation and liaison assured the EUFOR Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Gábor Horváth.
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