Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

NATO's interoperability policy is designed to support the capacity for member countries to act coherently, effectively and efficiently to achieve tactical operational and strategic objectives. Specifically, it enables forces, units and systems to operate together and allows them to share common doctrine and procedures, infrastructure and bases and the ability to be able to communicate better.

Interoperability reduces duplication, enables pooling of resources and produces synergies among partners and allies. Partners have played key roles in recent NATO operations in the Balkans, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Kosovo and in Afghanistan and it is recognised that there is a need for regular consultations with partners on all issues liked to interoperability. We will also move to a more structured and more coherent use of the existing set of partnership instruments.

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