{"id":82094,"date":"2025-12-27T17:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=82094"},"modified":"2025-12-27T19:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T18:15:19","slug":"vengu-visits-nato-multinational-battlegroup-base-highlights-active-role-of-albanian-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vengu-visits-nato-multinational-battlegroup-base-highlights-active-role-of-albanian-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Vengu Visits NATO Multinational Battlegroup Base, Highlights Active Role of Albanian Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Albania\u2019s Minister of Defense, Pirro Vengu, paid an official visit to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bulgaria<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> this Saturday. During his visit to <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Novo Selo<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, Vengu stopped at the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">NATO Multinational Battlegroup Base<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The minister shared images from the visit in a post on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Facebook<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, noting that he also met with the Italian mission commander, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Mattia Scirocco<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, who spoke about the role played by Albanian troops in the mission. According to Vengu, this is clear evidence of the professionalism, dedication, and reliability of Albanian personnel in every mission they serve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cVisit to the NATO Multinational Battlegroup, where our personnel from the Northern Infantry Regiment are serving.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">It was a source of pride to hear from the Italian mission commander, Mattia Scirocco, that the platoon representing the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Albanian Armed Forces<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> plays an active role in the group\u2019s tasks, contributing beyond its predefined mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">This is clear proof of the professionalism, dedication, and credibility of our personnel wherever they serve under the Alliance\u2019s flag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Our forces are increasing their operational readiness, enabling Albania to expand its contribution wherever the need arises. Collective security is not abstract: it is built through real presence, political responsibility, and readiness,\u201d Vengu wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">If you want, I can adapt this translation for <\/span><span class=\"s1\">international media<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">official press releases<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, or a <\/span><span class=\"s1\">short news brief<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s Minister of Defense, Pirro Vengu, paid an official visit to Bulgaria this Saturday. During his visit to Novo Selo, Vengu stopped at the NATO Multinational Battlegroup Base. The minister shared images from the visit in a post on Facebook, noting that he also met with the Italian mission commander, Mattia Scirocco, who spoke about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":82096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803,1],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vengu Visits NATO Multinational Battlegroup Base, Highlights Active Role of Albanian Forces - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/vengu-visits-nato-multinational-battlegroup-base-highlights-active-role-of-albanian-forces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vengu Visits NATO Multinational Battlegroup Base, Highlights Active Role of Albanian Forces - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albania\u2019s Minister of Defense, Pirro Vengu, paid an official visit to Bulgaria this Saturday. 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