WEBVTT

00:00.201 --> 00:01.034
- (soft music)

00:06.486 --> 00:09.370
- Hello, I'm David Musgrave,

00:09.370 --> 00:12.230
director of the On-site
Inspection and Building Capacity

00:12.230 --> 00:15.530
Directorate for the Defense
Threat Reduction Agency.

00:15.530 --> 00:20.090
On behalf of myself and DTRA
director, Mr. Vayl Oxford,

00:20.090 --> 00:23.580
I wanna take this opportunity
to congratulate RACVIAC

00:23.580 --> 00:25.870
on this momentous occasion.

00:25.870 --> 00:28.490
Countering global threat
networks involves a series

00:28.490 --> 00:30.758
of incredibly complex dynamic and

00:30.758 --> 00:33.829
interconnected security
challenges. These are precisely

00:33.829 --> 00:38.280
the challenges the RACVIAC-Center
for Security Cooperation

00:38.280 --> 00:41.420
has been working for the last 20 years.

00:41.420 --> 00:45.470
Addressing diverse security
topics and providing a platform,

00:45.470 --> 00:48.160
for networking and
building bridges between,

00:48.160 --> 00:51.200
Southeast European partners and beyond.

00:51.200 --> 00:54.370
The Defense Threat Reduction
Agency has partnered

00:54.370 --> 00:59.370
with The US European Command
and RACVIAC since 2014,

00:59.630 --> 01:04.550
including a dozen in-person
countering WMD executive level

01:04.550 --> 01:08.960
workshops with over 10
RACVIAC partner nations.

01:08.960 --> 01:13.130
Additionally, five nations
have completed national counter

01:13.130 --> 01:16.250
WMD strategies and tabletop exercises

01:16.250 --> 01:17.941
with five more to come.

01:17.941 --> 01:21.130
We are partnered to
promote the proliferation

01:21.130 --> 01:24.850
security initiative, further
engaging a global network of

01:24.850 --> 01:28.977
partners with five PSI events
linked to RACVIAC regional

01:28.977 --> 01:32.800
counter WMD cooperative efforts.

01:32.800 --> 01:36.470
DTRA and RACVIAC are
currently collaborating,

01:36.470 --> 01:41.060
on an effort known as the
Countering WMD Network,

01:41.060 --> 01:45.010
which aims to assist Southeast
European partner nations and

01:45.010 --> 01:48.460
the development of Counter
WMD National Strategy,

01:48.460 --> 01:51.490
as well as building a strong regional

01:51.490 --> 01:54.430
community of counter WMD experts.

01:54.430 --> 01:59.120
We commend RACVIAC on commencing
phase two of this effort,

01:59.120 --> 02:02.670
with the development of
an online portal to share

02:02.670 --> 02:07.090
best practices, challenges,
risk assessments,

02:07.090 --> 02:11.140
and project information
among participating nations.

02:11.140 --> 02:13.890
It is heartening to the
global community to see these

02:13.890 --> 02:17.910
partners come together in
collaborative projects.

02:17.910 --> 02:21.050
Beginning this year, we
will collaborate to offer

02:21.050 --> 02:25.100
counter-proliferation finance
and international dual use

02:25.100 --> 02:29.800
goods training to increase
partner nations coordination

02:29.800 --> 02:34.800
across law enforcement, academia,
government, and industry.

02:35.850 --> 02:40.850
For 20 years RACVIAC in partnership
with US European Command

02:41.440 --> 02:46.032
and DTRA has strived to increase
the security of the region.

02:46.032 --> 02:50.220
This commitment towards enhancing
the security dialogue has

02:50.220 --> 02:55.220
made the region far safer.
I sincerely hope RACVIAC's

02:55.250 --> 02:59.250
future efforts, vision and
leadership is supporting

02:59.250 --> 03:02.860
Euro-Atlantic security
contribute to a lasting peace,

03:02.860 --> 03:07.520
both for your own nations
and the rest of the world

03:07.520 --> 03:10.040
my warmest congratulations and a

03:10.040 --> 03:12.573
happy 20th anniversary to RACVIAC.