Serbian Defence Ministry

BELGRADE - Two multinational exercises with the Russian Armed Forces are planned for 2015 to improve the Serbian Armed Forces (VS) capabilities, spokesperson for the Serbian Defence Ministry and Figate Captain Jovan Krivokapic has told Tanjug.

"Land forces, Air Force and anti-air defence units will take part in the exercises, which will be held in Russia," Krivokapic explained.

BELGRADE - Increased participation of members of the Serbian Defence Ministry and Armed Forces in UN and EU peace missions around the world confirms that Serbia has become a significant exporter of security and equal partner in protecting global peace, Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic has said.

BAGHDAD - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic conferred with Chairman of Iraqi Parliament's Committee on Security and Defense Hakim Al-Zamili concerning security challenges within his working visit to Iraq on Tuesday, and they agreed that terrorism and religious extremism constitute the greatest threats in this context.

ABU DHABI - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic, as the head of the Defence Ministry's delegation during its visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), conferred with his colleagues and representatives of armed forces from the region and the rest of the world in Abu Dhabi on Monday, on the margins of the international defence exhibition and conference IDEX 2015.

"New possibilities for cooperation with NATO"

NOVI SAD -- Serbia will have new opportunities to continue and improve cooperation with NATO, U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby said on Wednesday.

It would happen "within an individual action plan that should be signed in March," Tanjug quoted him as saying.

NOVI SAD - Serbia is getting new opportunities for continuation and improvement of cooperation with NATO within an individual action plan that should be signed in March, U.S. Ambassador in Serbia Michael Kirby said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - The plan of bilateral military cooperation for the year of 2015 between the Ministries of Defence of Serbia and the Netherlands was signed in Belgrade on Thursday.

The document was signed by Head of the Defence Ministry's Department for International Military Cooperation Colonel Milan Konjikovac and the envoy of the Dutch defence.

BELGRADE - Defence Ministers of Serbia and Hungary, Bratislav Gasic and Csaba Hende, will confer on cooperation in Belgrade on Thursday.

A ceremonial welcome will be staged for the Hungarian minister at the army headquarters building ahead of the meeting, the Serbian Defence Ministry announced on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - A delegation of the Indonesian Defence University headed by Dean Major General Syaiful Anwar exchanged experiences on military education with their colleagues from the Serbian Defence Ministry during the visit to the University of Defence on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Ljubisa Dikovic and his Hungarian counterpart Colonel General Tibor Benke will confer in Belgrade on Tuesday concerning bilateral military cooperation.