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CEUMC attends the EU Battlegroup certification
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The joint multinational exercise "European Wind 2016" has certified the achievement of the full operational capability of the EU Battlegroup.
The Italian Chief of Defence Staff, General Claudio Graziano, attended the Live Fire Exercise together with the Chairman of the EU Military Committee, Gen. Mikhail Kostarakos and the four Chiefs of Defence of the contributing Nations (Austria, Croatia, Hunagry, Italy, Slovenia).
General Kostarakos, underlined "we are here today with soldiers from Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Hungary participating to this endeavour and who are sending a message of unity and capacity to conduct, under a multi-national flag, European or NATO, any operation in crisis areas ".