Supreme Allied Commander

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti.

During the meeting, Vucic "expressed satisfaction with the good cooperation with NATO, which is developing with respect of Serbia's military neutrality."

A leading NATO's top commander said on Dec. 7 that he did not believe Turkish personnel sacked from NATO command were involved in July's failed coup attempt and has raised his concerns with Turkey about the impact on its armed forces. 

NATO?s highest military authority, the Military Committee, will convene in Istanbul for a three-day session starting Sept. 11 to review security challenges in Europe and the Middle East, as well as ongoing operations in Afghanistan.

The meeting will be hosted by Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar.

NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of U.S. European Command Gen. Phil Breedlove will on May 12 visit the Central Anatolian province of K?r?ehir, where Turkey and the U.S. are due to start a train-equip program for the moderate Syrian opposition.

Breedlove will also attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Antalya on May 13-14. 

Defence Minister Mircea Dusa and General Sir Adrian John Bradshaw, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe analysed on Tuesday the regional security following the crisis in Ukraine; the two attended an international military exercise at the Smardan firing range of Galati County.

General Sir Adrian Bradshaw, NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, will arrive in Bulgaria on Tuesday on an official two-day visit.

During his visit, he will meet with Bulgaria's Deputy Defense Minister Dimitar Kyumyurdzhiev and Bulgaria's Chief of Defense, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov.

NATO has sighted Russian military convoys entering into Ukraine over the past two days, Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Philip Breedlove said in Sofia on Wednesday.

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Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Gen Philip Breedlove is on a two-day visit to Bulgaria on Wednesday and Thursday.

Breedlove is due to meet newly-appointed Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev and Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov, who became Chief of Defense in June.

He is to lay wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Bulgaria's capital Sofia.

Sofia will host NATO's Strategic Military Partner Conference 2014 at the level of Chiefs of Defence on June 17-19.