Defense: Undersecretary Tofalo ends meetings with heads of the Armed Forces

(To Massimiliano Rizzo)
09/07/18

"After deepening the knowledge of our Armed Forces with the Vertici Now, I will begin to visit the barracks to meet the civil and military personnel who work at every level".

With the visit to the general command of the Carabinieri where the State Undersecretary of Defense Angelo Tofalo was received last Friday by General Commander Giovanni Nistri, the round of meetings with the heads of the Armed Forces ended.

Undersecretary Tofalo who installed at the Aeronautical Palace on June 13 has in fact met in the respective "Headquarters" the Chief of Staff of the Defense, General Claudio Graziano, and the chiefs of staff respectively of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

At the center of the meetings the main theme was the political support to ensure the entire sector the appropriate tools to play a strategic role for the security of our country.

"I will work immediately with the representatives of each Armed Force to support them in achieving other important objectives", Said Undersecretary Tofalo,"we must continue to improve the standards to make the link between citizens and security operators even stronger. Only by building a relationship based on the awareness of roles and mutual trust can we improve the security of the entire country system."

Over 160 thousand women and men of four Armed Forces, perfectly integrated into a military tool interforces of great strategic versatility and operational flexibility capable of ensuring the defense and security of Italy. More than 6000 are the Italian military currently engaged in 33 missions in 22 Countries in support of international peace and stability; they are joined by other 7200 who operate in competition with the police forces in the safe roads operation.

"During these meetings I had the opportunity to deepen my knowledge of our Armed Forces, assets with a history rich in traditions that are constantly changing and projected towards the challenges of tomorrow.", Said Undersecretary Tofalo," Now, I will start to visit the barracks to meet the civilian personnel and the military who work at every level ".