Defense Minister Guerini cancels "Defender 2020"

(To Andrea Cucco)
12/03/20

"The men and women of the Defense are on the field relentlessly to face, at this delicate moment, the health emergency and to guarantee the implementation of the important deliberations decided by the Government. For this reason I have evaluated, jointly with the Defense General Staff and informing the NATO Command not to confirm our contribution to the exercise Defender 2020. While supporting the strategic value of the exercise, I thought it appropriate to keep the contribution of the Armed Forces in this situation as high as possible ". Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini expressed himself in a note yesterday evening.
Trusting that he was referring to the NATO exercise "DEFENDER Europe 20" - and not the dirt track test of a famous car model (photo) - we applaud the initiative of the best defense minister of the last ... 6 months.

Photo: Jaguar Land Rover