With an eye on NATO membership, Macedonia raises defence spending Igor Bozinovski – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly 03 August 2017 Six Macedonian Mi-24V helicopters are being overhauled in Ukraine. Source: IHS Markit/Igor Bozinovski The new government of Macedonia will accelerate the nation’s integration into NATO and the EU and raise defence spending to fund the modernisation of the Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) so it can increase its involvement in NATO-led missions, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said in his address to the Adriatic Charter summit held in Podgorica, Montenegro, on 2 August. „We expect Macedonia to be the 30th member of NATO. We are investing energy into regional […]
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