According to an announcement by Mirko Sundov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces, the highest military authority of NATO will meet in Split to discuss the implementation of decisions made at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July 2016.

Chiefs of defence of 28 member countries as well as their counterpart the future alliance member Montenegro will participate at the conference of the NATO's Military Committee which is to be held in Croatia from the 16th to the 18th of September.

''This is the first time that a meeting of NATO at this level will be held in Croatia'', said the general Sundov to reporters on Thursday. He also added that the chiefs of defence would discuss the implementation of decisions that Heads of State and Government of NATO made at the summit in Warsaw and discuss current and future tasks.

The Military Committee meets twice a year at the NATO's headquarters in Brussels, whilst once a year the meeting is organized in one of allied member countries.