Working visit of the IDC on NATO team at the NATO HQ in Brussels
On November 20th, the team of the Information and Documentation Center on NATO made a working visit at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. On this occasion, CID NATO team was accompanied by several representatives of civil society, teachers, journalists and government officials. Among the latter were Sergei Tulus – professor at the University of Taraclia, Mihai Muntean – professor at the University of Comrat, Natalia Albu – professor at the “Alexandru cel Bun” Military Academy, Sanda Sandu – Secretary General of ELSA, Tatiana Castrasan – editor and author of “Boluguvern”, Aliona Caprovscaia – journalist from Taraclia, Rita Croitoru – Publika TV journalist, Oleg Cristal – Publika TV editor, Anatol Caciuc – “Teleradio Moldova” journalist, and Mr Vitali Rusu and Vitali Stoian – representatives of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defence.
During this one-day visit, CID NATO team, civil society representatives and government officials took part in several discussions in an informal environment where they have discussed issues such as cooperation between Moldova and NATO and new aspects of this collaboration, the new policy of the alliance after the Wales Summit, situation in Ukraine, etc. The discussion was attended by several NATO officers including Despina AFENTOULI – Officer of programs for Moldova, Public Diplomacy Division, Krisztian MESZAROS – Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Simone de Manso – Press Officer, Public Diplomacy Division, James Mackey – Head of Euro-Atlantic Integration and Partnerships Department, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Radoslava Stefanova – Head Department of Russia and Ukraine Relations, Political Affairs and Security Policy Division, Mihai Carp – Operations Division and E. S. Michael Gribincea – Moldovan Ambassador to NATO.
Working visit to NATO Headquarters was conducted during three days visit by CID NATO team and representatives of civil society and media in Brussels. The displacement took place within the “Security for You (th)” Project, that at present CID NATO is implementing with the support of Public Diplomacy Division.