Chief of the General Staff Nicolae Ciuca discusses bilateral military cooperation with Canadian counterpart

Bilateral military cooperation, joint drills and exchanges of experience, both at bilateral and Alliance level, were some of the topics discussed by the Romanian Chief of the General Staff, General Nicolae Ciuca, with his Canadian counterpart, General Jonathan Vance.

According to a MApN release on Sunday remitted to STIRIPESURSE, discussions between the two officials also focused on the Canadian troops's presence in Romania, as part of the Ottawa authorities' contribution to the implementation of decisions adopted at the NATO Summit in Warsaw, through ensuring a discouragement and defence position on the Eastern flank of the Alliance. 

"General Ciuca thanked his Canadian counterpart for the deployment of CF-18 Hornet aircraft on the Romanian territory for the execution of the air police missions alongside their Romanian colleagues, as well as for the presence of Canadian troops in the multinational commandments on Romanian territory." 

The Romanian official also attended the conference of heads of defence of nations participating in the Invictus Games Toronto 2017. 

The main issue tackled at this meeting was related to those troops who got wounded, invalid or psychically injured after participating in either internal military missions or missions in the operation theaters, and support for their families. 

The Chief of General Staff attended the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 alongside the Minister of National Defence, Mihai Fifor.