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Slovakia, Poland to set up NATO center for counterintelligence

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Slovakia and Poland are planning to build a center for the counterintelligence capabilities of NATO countries, confirmed Slovak defense ministry spokesperson Martina Ballekova on Wednesday.

"This project will lead to the standardization of documents and the counterintelligence activities of the countries of the Alliance. I appreciate the fact that this aim has attracted the interest of other countries. Currently, there are ten of us interested, and additional partners are set to join next year," said Slovak Defense Minister Martin Glvac, who is currently in the United States, and who signed the memorandum of understanding on behalf of Slovakia.

The countries that have expressed interest alongside Slovakia and Poland are Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Croatia and Slovenia. The United Kingdom, the United States, France and other NATO countries are due to sign up in 2016. NATO has until now been without a center of this kind.

"The idea of creating such an institution is justified, timely and forward-looking. We're ready to take responsibility for creating the right conditions for education and training activities in this field," stressed Glvac.

The center should help NATO deal with hybrid armed threats. Its establishment fits in with NATO's objective of improving intelligence services, which is a prerequisite for making rapid and appropriate decisions. Endit