Visit to Ukraine of the Chief of Defense of Ukraine's Chief of Defense

14/01/14

Today, with the return of the honors, the visit to Italy of the Chief of the General Staff and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Colonel General Volodymyr Zamana began today.

The High Ukrainian Officer was received at "Palazzo Caprara" by the Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli.

In active service from the 1982, General Zamana was appointed Chief of Defense Staff in February 2012.

At the center of the talks, the intense bilateral cooperation between Italy and Ukraine in particular that in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan and possible further collaborations in other operational theaters.

The Ukrainian contingent operates in the Afghan region of Herat, under the Italian command of the Regional Command West, and in the coming days the two Chiefs of Staff will visit the soldiers of their own countries engaged in Afghan territory.

The Chief of Defense Staff, Admiral Luigi Binelli Mantelli was on an official visit to the Republic of Ukraine from 7 to 9 October 2013.

Source: SMD