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The solemn celebration of the Austrian National Day on Friday 21 October saw remarkable attendance of high ranking visitors at Camp Butmir. 
COMEUFOR Major General Friedrich Schrötter emphasized the joint efforts by EUFOR and NATO HQ Sarajevo in contributing to peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina, mentioning Capacity Building & Training for the Armed Forces BiH as a main effort on their way to a Euro-Atlantic approach.

COMEUFOR addressing the troops during military ceremony

COMEUFOR addressing the troops during military ceremony

Among the many distinguished guests H.E. Mr. Sinno Khaldoun represented the EU Delegation to BiH. The attendance by the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Defence and Security of BiH, Mr. Sifet Podžić and by Major General Husein Tursunović, Commander of the Support Command, demonstrated the close cooperation between EUFOR and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

General Schrötter thanked the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to BiH, H.E. Dr. Martin Pammer for this consistent support to the Austrian EUFOR contingent as well as for his efforts in cultural matters.

The Military Band of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina greatly contributed to the ceremony by playing the impressive Austrian “Grand Tattoo” music composition together with the Military Band from the Austrian Province of Carinthia. In the framework of a military music training cooperation the two military bands form one joint orchestra and perform three concerts in BiH, namely in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar.

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