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U.S. SOCEUR Commander visits Slovak special forces

Xinhua, January 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.S. Major General Gregory J. Lengyel, Commander of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), visited the Slovak 5th Special Forces Regiment HQ in Zilina, in Northern Slovakia, confirmed the regiment's spokesman Mario Pazicky on Thursday.

"General Lengyel had the opportunity to view the equipment and weapons that the Zilina soldiers are using at the moment, but they also showed him arms from the past," said Pazicky.

Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Pavol Macko described U.S. Special Operations as a strategic partner with which Slovak special forces have been cooperating since 2010.

"We prepared together for deployment in Afghanistan, where our special forces performed very well in battle. Currently, we're cooperating in deployment as an advisory group in Operation Resolute Support," said Macko, adding that the purpose of this visit was to assess the so-far extraordinarily intensive cooperation.

"We discussed boosting the capacities and abilities of the regiment and also opportunities for future cooperation. We also spoke about anti-terrorist tasks, which are the responsibility of the 5th Special Forces Regiment," concluded Macko. Enditem