The President of Latvia assesses the NAF Commander-candidate

President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis met with Minister of Defence Raimonds Bergmanis on Tuesday, who presented him with the Commander-candidate of the National Armed Forces (NAF). During the meeting, the parties discussed the criteria for assessment of an applicant before the President of Latvia would decide whether to promote the candidate for approval to the Saeima.

 

“It is important that the candidate would have authority among the NAF personnel, that he would have experience of a commander and staff management, as well as international operations,” stressed the President of Latvia by adding that assessment of other skills and knowledge would be of great importance.

 

The officials also discussed other topical issues in the area of defense and security. Raimonds Vējonis indicated that the Ministry of Defence should be everything required to welcome the Canadian-led multinational NATO battalion next year. The Minister of Defence notified the President of Latvia of other measures as well that were implemented by gradually increasing the defence spending up to 2% of GDP in 2018.