The annual meeting of the FINABEL Committee, which takes
place at the level of Land Forces Chiefs of Staff of EU member states, begins
its deliberations tomorrow in Nicosia and will conclude on Wednesday, 9 April.
The Minister of Defence, Mr Christoforos Fokaides,
will address the opening of the meeting. The Chief of the National Guard
Lieutenant General Stylianos Nasis will represent the National Guard throughout
the meeting.
The FINABEL Committee was created in 1953, and only the land forces of EU member states can take part in it. At present FINABEL membership consist of 17 member states. The National Guard joined in April 2008.
During the meeting, the Chief of the National Guard will
hand over FINABEL Committee’s Chairmanship, which he took over in April 2013 in
Bucharest, to the Slovakian Chief of Land Forces.
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