The closing ceremony was attended by Mr. Sead Jusic, Deputy Minister of Defence, AFBIH, Major General Dragan Vukovic, Commander, Operational Command, AFBIH, Brigadier General József Szpisják, Chief of Staff EUFOR, Brigadier General Kenan Dautovic, Commander, 5th Infantry Brigade AF BIH, Brigadier General Radovan Ilic, Commander, 6th Infantry Brigade, AFBIH and Brigadier General Ivica Jerkic, Deputy Commander, Operational Command, AFBIH.
EUFOR has been invited to participate in the event but due to operational constrains they were unable to participate this year. Brigadier General Szpisják delivered a speech to the competitors at the Closing Ceremony: ” I hope we`ll have a chance to take part in the competitions next year and not only at the annual AFBIH Sport Championship but more often at various sporting disciplines organized together by AFBIH and EUFOR. Sport can be a bridge between servicemen of AFBIH and EUFOR in order to open new areas for cooperation”.
Brigadier General Szpisják took the opportunity to congratulate all of the sportsmen for the outstanding results they have achieved and handed over special EUFOR awards to the winners of Shooting (6th Infantry Brigade, AFBIH) Orienteering (6th Infantry Brigade AFBIH) and Futsal (Support Command, AFBIH).
(Source: eufor)
