Skopje, 17 September 2024 (MIA) – Major General Sashko Lafchiski, Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Republic of North Macedonia, will begin a three-day working visit to Tirana, Albania, today.

During his visit, General Lafchiski will participate in the 27th Conference of Chiefs of Defence of the US-Adriatic Charter (A-5) member countries on Wednesday.

The forming of the US-Adriatic Charter was signed in 2003, which in addition to the United States as a patron, the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania and Croatia committed to develop the regional cooperation in the field of defence through an institutional framework. In 2008, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro joined the initiative, and Serbia, Kosovo and Slovenia have a status of observer.

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