Defence IQ: Moldova-US relations and the National Guard’s State Partnership Programme

"Moldova-US relations and the National Guard’s State Partnership Programme"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Defence IQ
June 19, 2019
Originally published: https://www.defenceiq.com/army-land-forces/articles/moldova-us-relations-and-defence-industry-opportunities

The Importance of the National Guard State Partnership Programme

“It’s a great programme. Both sides get a lot out of it, and to the degree that we can expand it, I think it makes sense to do so,” said Dr. Mark T. Esper, Secretary of the Army, after I asked about the National Guard’s State Partnership Programme at the Atlantic Council, in Washington DC, in mid-May.

The partnership programme teams up a state’s national guard with a US partner international partner, such as the Republic of Moldova and the North Carolina National Guard.

The US is Moldova’s major defence partner, and the Chisinau-North Carolina relationship has become the cornerstone of this evolving partnership.


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