The National Army received the "Piranha" type transporters (video)

CHISINAU, January 12, 2023 — Today, the National Army received the first three “Piranha-3 H” type transporters from the batch offered by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, in a ceremony organized in Military Camp 142. The donation is based on the Agreement signed with the German side and as a result of the official visit of German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht to Chisinau.

The event was attended by the Minister of Defense Anatolie Nosatii, the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Republic of Moldova, Ullrich Kinne, as well as the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Nicu Popescu and military attachés accredited in our country.

Minister Nosatii declared that this action is an eloquent example of effective cooperation between the defense institutions of the Republic of Moldova and the Federal Republic of Germany, in the context of achieving the objective of modernizing and strengthening the defense capabilities of the National Army.

“This batch of equipment comes to replace the old vehicles of the National Army with new ones. The received carriers are to be assigned to the 22nd ‘Blue Helmets’ peacekeeping battalion for the purpose of training, but also to increase interoperability”, said Anatolie Nosatii, thanking, in this context, the German side.

For his part, Ullrich Kinne mentioned that: “The German-Moldovan cooperation in the field of defense has thus reached a new level of quality. This delivery, as part of the National Army Modernization Initiative with the support of the German Federal Government, improves the defense capacity of the Republic of Moldova and its capabilities to participate in international peacekeeping missions. This participation is highly appreciated internationally”.

It should be noted that the donation contains a total of 19 “Piranha-3 H” armored personnel carriers, the other technical units to be delivered during the current year.

Moldovan-German collaboration in the military field started in March 2003, with the signing of the Interministerial Defense Collaboration Agreement.