Africa-Press – Cape verde. The same body also gave a “positive assessment” to another document, the Strategic Concept for National Defense.
The two documents were considered at the body’s ninth ordinary meeting, called by the Cape Verdean President, José Maria Neves.
Both are classified as “important strategic instruments ” for national defense policy.
The new Strategic Defense Concept, drawn up 12 years after the last one, presents risks, threats and foresees several actions, including an agreement with NATO, as presented in November by the Government.
At the time, the purpose of promoting greater connectivity between the country and abroad and progressively enabling Cape Verde’s financial system to position itself as a regional center was indicated.
The document also aims to include Cape Verde in cooperative security mechanisms, both on the continent and in the West African sub-region, and to develop partnerships with developed countries to reinforce security and defense in the face of threats and tensions in the Atlantic.
In her intervention, the Minister of Defense, Janine Lélis, recalled that the current version of the National Defense Strategic Concept was approved in 2011 and that the sector’s major options date back to 2005, which is why she considered it “urgent” for the country to inaugurate a new cycle of strategic planning, with approval of new sectoral and guidance instruments.
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