Serbia active in preservation of global peace

BELGRADE - Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic , who is on a visit to the Central African Republic, told UN Secretary General's Special Representative for that country Babacar Gaye that Serbia will continue to actively contribute to preserving international peace and security.

Gasic and Gaye discussed the political and security situation in the Central African Republic and peacekeeping activities within the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission (MINUSCA), in which members of the Serbian defense system are also engaged, Serbia's defense ministry said in a statement on Monday.

Gasic talked with Gaye at length about the engagement of members of the Serbian defense ministry and armed forces in 11 EU and UN multinational operations, and underscored that Serbia will continue to contribute to maintaining international peace and security.

During the meeting, Gasic pointed to our country's military/medical capacities involved in various peacekeeping missions, reads the release.

68 people are working at a level-2 military hospital as part of MINUSCA, as well as two military observers and two staff officers, which makes this Serbia's largest engagement after the mission in Lebanon, notes the release.

A total of 76 members of the Serbian defense ministry and armed forces are engaged in the EU and UN missions in the Central African Republic, 23 of whom are women.

Photo Tanjug, N. Jovanovic (archive)