Turkish, NATO and Swedish flags stand on the day of a meeting between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on the eve of a NATO summit, in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 10, 2023. [Yves Herman/Pool/Reuters]
During the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., the defense ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, and North Macedonia signed a Letter of Intent for cross-border military mobility cooperation. The aim is to establish harmonized military mobility corridors within Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII to facilitate the quicker movement of military forces and equipment.
Vlado Misajlovski, the defense minister of North Macedonia, noted that this was the first international agreement signed by the country’s new government, with counterparts from Italy, Albania, and Bulgaria. Greece’s defense minister, Nikos Dendias, also signed a similar agreement with Romania and Bulgaria.
Luka Pavikjevikj, a summer intern at Kathimerini English Edition and a second-year student at Harvard University, reported on this significant development.