Skopje, 10 January 2024 (MIA) - Defense Minister Slavjanka Petrovska will meet Wednesday with European Union Ambassador David Geer and Tomaž Lovrenčič, director at Slovenian organization ITF Enhancing Human Security, which is set to implement an assistance measure in the amount of EUR 9 million from the European Peace Facility (EPF) for the Army of North Macedonia.

After the meeting, Minister Petrovska and ITF director Lovrenčič will sign a Memorandum of Understanding, the Ministry of Defense said in a press release.

The assistance aims to strengthen the capacity of the army, notably by enhancing and
upgrading the equipment of its light infantry battalion group, while also, through the
provision of appropriate non-lethal equipment (logistics, medical equipment,
communication and information systems, intelligence capacities, chemical,
biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN), engineering and training equipment),
helping to increase the army's capacity to maintain and enhance operating standards
to participate in EU military CSDP missions).

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