February 18-19, Chief of Joint Staff of the Latvian Armed Forces Gen. Andis Dilāns met with Chief of Defence Staff of the Ministry of National Defence Adm.(R) Kęstutis Macijauskas. In the meeting with the Latvian representative Director of Capability Development and Planning Department of Defence Staff Col. Darius Užkuraitis, Head of Capability Planning Lt. Col. Dalius Polekauskas, and other officers took part.
Opinions regarding courses currently planned and underway at the Baltic Defence College (Tartu, Estonia) were exchanged, preparation of Lithuania and Latvia for the new NATO's Planning Process, planning priorities and directions of the countries and current matters of the Baltic airspace control and surveillance were addressed.
In the meeting the necessity of closer cooperation in exchange of information on developed projects related to military training was emphasized.
After the meeting at MoND Defence Staff Chief of Joint Staff of the Latvian Armed Forces Brig. Gen. A. Dilāns left for the Joint Staff of Lithuania to meet with Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Algis Vaičeliūnas.
On the second day Chief of Joint Staff of the Latvian Armed Forces Brig. Gen. A. Dilāns will visit Command and Reporting Centre in Karmėlava to meet with Latvian military that form personnel of the Centre together with Lithuanians and Estonians. Later the guest will proceed to Air Base Šiauliai of the Lithuanian Air Force and meet with members of the French Contingent performing the Baltic Air-policing mission.
