United States Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim, speaks at the final ceremony for Immediate Response 21, at Mother Teresa Square in Tirana, the Albanian capital, Sunday, May 23, 2021. The exercise is part of the larger overarching training event DEFENDER-Europe 21, which focuses on exchange training and inter-operability between the US, NATO, and its allies. Kim visited multiple training areas during the exercise and spoke highly of the burgeoning relationship between the host nation's military and the United States own service members.

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