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KFOR-16 contingent – mission accomplished (video)



CHISINAU, July 19, 2022 — The sixteenth contingent of the National Army, deployed in the KFOR peacekeeping operation, has returned from Kosovo.

On this occasion, the Minister of Defense Anatolie Nosatîi congratulated the 40 peacekeepers and decorated them with awards and diplomas for their excellent performance and contribution to maintaining peace and stability in a multinational theater of operations.

"Through the quality of the missions executed in the six months of your mandate, you demonstrated that the National Army has well-trained officers, sergeants, and soldiers, trained according to Western standards, ready to act in international stabilization and peacekeeping missions. "I urge you to share with the soldiers of the National Army units the experience learned from colleagues from other armies and thus contribute to the achievement of the objective of transforming the defense institution into a modern one, capable of fulfilling its constitutional missions", said Anatolie Nosatii.

Also during the ceremony, three officers of the National Army from the 15th Moldovan contingent, which was in KFOR during 2020-2021, received the "For Peace" medal from the Italian Command of the mission.

The event was attended by the Chief of the General Staff, Brigadier General Eduard Ohladciuc, as well as the body of accredited military attachés for the Republic of Moldova. The KFOR-16 contingent, consisting of 40 soldiers, was in Kosovo for six months. They performed security and guarding, patrolling, and genius missions.

The KFOR peacekeeping mission is led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in accordance with UN Resolution 1244.

 


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