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The organisation of the Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) Conference in Bucharest represents a recognition of the important role of the Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast (HQ MND-SE), Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Daniel Petrescu stated on Wednesday.
In the view of Lieutenant General J.T. Thomson, the Commander of Allied Land Command (LANDCOM), the Conference in Bucharest was a fruitful one and he thanked Romania and the Romanian Armed Forces for hosting this event.
He said that the topic of the conference was the training of the land forces for a collective defence, mentioning that this is what NATO does, collective defence, peace. He went on saying that these conferences are organised in order to discuss about adapting for the future. Lieutenant General J.T. Thomson said that NATO celebrates 70 years since the establishment of the most powerful alliance in the world, but admitted that adapting for the future is also necessary, adding that the conference, which gathered representatives of the land forces of the Alliance, tackled precisely this topic.
The Headquarters Multinational Division Southeast (HQ MND-SE) is a NATO structure, activated by the North Atlantic Council (NAC), which is under the operational command of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR). The HQ MND-SE enjoys NATO International Military HQ status pursuant to the Paris Protocol and any Supplementary Agreements between NATO nations and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).
