Minister Gasic to visit Vienna on Friday

VIENNA - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic will visit Vienna on Friday to meet with Austrian Minister of Defence and Sports Gerald Klug.

This will be Gasic's first official visit abroad since his appointment as defence minister.

Ministers Klug and Gasic will discuss the political and security situation in the region, the results achieved in development of regional and bilateral military cooperation and building bilateral ties as a whole, the Austrian Ministry of Defence and Sports said in a statement.

The meeting will also address cooperation in the area of cross-border assistance in natural disasters, and minister Gasic will inform his host about the effects of the devastating floods that hit Serbia in May.

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