“U.N. is going to settle in Romania an Excellence Center for protection and guard officers from many countries” has declared in Bucharest the first deputy secretary for U.N. on issues related to protection and security, Sir David Veness, within the press conference together with the director of the Protection and Guard Service, Major General Lucian Pahontu.

The UN dignitary stated that the geographical position and the geopolitical environment recommend Romania for the settlement of such a center explaining that geopolitically, Romania is a member of NATO and EU. “Geographically, when you look at the conflict areas in the world, Romania is, unfortunately, situated very close to many of these and at the junction between Europe and Asia, being at the same time a liaison with the southern areas where the situation is getting worse and worse”, declared the UN dignitary Sir David Veness.

The initiator of this project, the SPP director, major general Lucian Pahontu stated that the center “has an international vocation” and the trainers and the students shall come from “all over the world according to UN decisions”. “They shall train the security officers in the fields of protection, crisis management situations and other themes according to UN needs. We shall have a transnational personnel both for the management and for the training and students”, explained the SPP director mj.gl. Lucian Pahontu.

Sir David Veness was in Romania for 3 days following an invitation of the S.P.P director, with the objectives:

Sir David Veness also met in Bucharest the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defense, Minister of Administration and of Interior as well as the Presidential Councilor on Defense issues.