US received assurances Serbia won't send deminers to Syria

The US supports Serbia on demining, and Serbia's needs come first, says a representative of the US embassy in Belgrade.

However, press officer Eric Heyden told Blic, the US has received assurances from the Serbian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Serbian Army (VS) General Staff that Serbian deminers would not be sent to Syria.

The US administration looks disapprovingly at "announcements" that Serbian Army (VS) deminers, in whose training the US military has invested significantly, could be deployed in Syria along with Russian soldiers, the paper said.

According to Blic, this was one of the causes behind a recent spat between US Ambassador Kyle Scott and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin.

"Blic correctly reported that the US government provided significant donations in money, equipment and training to help the Serbian Army get rid of the mines left over from...