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Minister Metnar visited Armenia to discuss bilateral cooperation and security situation

18.4.2019

On April 9-10th, Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar visited Armenia. He had a call with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Defence Minister David Tonoyan and representatives of the National Assembly in Yerevan. The discussions focused on the development of bilateral cooperation and the security situation in the region. The Defence Ministers also signed an intergovernmental agreement on military technical cooperation.

General Opata: After twenty years in NATO, we are among the safest countries in the world

4.4.2019

Last Friday, the Ministry of Defence was the venue to the Central Europe Chiefs of Defence Conference, who came together with Command Senior Enlisted Leaders and National Guard Adjutant Generals. Co-hosted by the Chief of General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces for the first time in the Czech Republic, the conference was contrarily the last one for the other co-host, Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, as his tenure comes to an end.

Minister Lubomír Metnar visited India to attend the largest defence exhibition in the world

1.3.2019

After Abu Dhabi, the business trip of Defence Minister Lubomír Metnar led to India to one of the biggest defence exhibitions in the world Aero India, which was officially launched with an airshow. Eleven Czech companies exhibited their products and services at the expo and the Minister sat down to a range of meetings to support the Czech defence industry.

Defence Minister to support Czech defence industry in the UAE and India

25.2.2019

Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar took part in the 14th edition of the IDEX 2019 International Defence Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Minister then visited Bangalore, India, to attend Aero India 2019.

NATO Defence Ministers discussed Afghanistan, security challenges in Brussels

20.2.2019

On February 13-14, 2019, Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar took part in the NATO Defence Ministerial meeting in Brussels. The key agenda included the termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) and the situation in Afghanistan.