Director of GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate), Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General.

D. whereas increasing political violence and insecurity in Bujumbura has led to targeted murders of opposition party members as well as of ruling party members; whereas the situation has deteriorated as high-profile figures from both sides have been the victims of assassination attempts: General Adolphe Nshimirimana, a close aide to President Nkurunziza, was killed in a rocket attack on 2 August 2015; Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, a human rights defender, was shot and badly wounded the following day; Colonel Jean Bikomagu, former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, was shot dead on 15 August 2015; ...[+++]Patrice Gahungu, spokesperson for the opposition Union for Peace and Development (UPD) was killed on 7 September 2015; General Prime Niyongabo, the Burundian Armed Forces Chief, survived an assassination attempt on 11 September 2015; and the body of Ms Charlotte Umugwaneza, an opposition leader and anti‑corruption campaigner, was found in the Gikoma river on 18 October 2015 one day after she was reported missing;

35. Recommends that Member States commit themselves fully to the provision and sustainability of military capabilities, matching the trend towards growing emphasis on the qualitative aspects; endorses the requests made at the Ghent informal Defence Ministers' meeting and in the German-Swedish paper and the Weimar initiative and calls for the operative phase to begin without delay, in line with the December 2010 Council conclusions, in which the Defence Ministers agreed that the EDA should intensify its work to facilitate the identification of areas for pooling and sharing military capabilities, including through the support of a team of wise men; stresses the need to make this new approach to capability development a success; calls on th ...[+++]e Member States to respect the deadline set by the December 2010 Council; recalls that the Chiefs of Staff of the EU armed forces have been tasked to screen their capabilities by May 2011, that the EU Military Staff has been commissioned to use this data for producing an overview by mid-2011 and that EU Ministers of Defence will reach final conclusions by the end of this year; calls on the Agency to make this new initiative its priority and to list potential new cooperation projects (for instance in areas such as satellite communications, medical support, naval logistics and cyber security) so as to avoid overlapping of costs and increase interoperability;

35. Recommends that Member States commit themselves fully to the provision and sustainability of military capabilities, matching the trend towards growing emphasis on the qualitative aspects; endorses the requests made at the Ghent informal Defence Ministers' meeting and in the German-Swedish paper and the Weimar initiative and calls for the operative phase to begin without delay, in line with the December 2010 Council conclusions, in which the Defence Ministers agreed that the EDA should intensify its work to facilitate the identification of areas for pooling and sharing military capabilities, including through the support of a team of wise men; stresses the need to make this new approach to capability development a success; calls on th ...[+++]e Member States to respect the deadline set by the December 2010 Council; recalls that the Chiefs of Staff of the EU armed forces have been tasked to screen their capabilities by May 2011, that the EU Military Staff has been commissioned to use this data for producing an overview by mid-2011 and that EU Ministers of Defence will reach final conclusions by the end of this year; calls on the Agency to make this new initiative its priority and to list potential new cooperation projects (for instance in areas such as satellite communications, medical support, naval logistics and cyber security) so as to avoid overlapping of costs and increase interoperability;

B. noting that the operation will be carried out with recourse to NATO assets and capabilities and be commanded by the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (D-SACEUR), and that the EU operational HQ will be at the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE),

B. noting that the operation will be carried out with recourse to NATO assets and capabilities and be commanded by the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (D-SACEUR), and that the EU operational HQ will be at the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE),