Dikovic visits Serbian "blue helmets" in Lebanon

BELGRADE - Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Ljubisa Dikovic has visited the members of the Serbian army engaged in the UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus.

During his visit to Cyprus on Monday, Dikovic said that the Serbian army members are performing all tasks within this UN multinational operation in a highly professional way.

The Serbian "blue helmets" are very well trained and able to adequately present Serbia through their outstanding performance, Dikovic said.

So far, a total of 368 members of the Serbian army have been engaged in the UN mission in Cyprus, and currently there are 46 of them, the Ministry of Defence released in a statement.

Dikovic will visit the Serbian army members in Lebanon on Tuesday, where a total of 177 Serbian "blue helmets" have been engaged in the EU peacekeeping mission, the statement reads.

Members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian army are engaged in the UN peacekeeping missions in Congo, Liberia, Ivory Coast, the Central African Republic and the Middle East, and also the EU multinational operations in Somalia and Mali.

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