International security

A leading NATO official has said that Turkey will face “consequences” if it purchases a Russian air-defense system.

BELGRADE - We maintain excellent cooperation with NATO and we welcome their understanding for our military neutrality, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at the Belgrade Security Forum.

The fact that four countries in the region are NATO members and that two more seek membership is not perceived by Brnabic as a problem.

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt dubbed the bilateral military collaboration between the US and Greece a model during a speech at the US military base of Souda bay in Crete. His remarks were made before the personnel on the base compound on occasion of the 242nd anniversary of the US Navy.

In 1999 NATO led against Serbian people and state nuclear and chemical war of low intensity. For those 78 days, NATO has thrown on our country from the sea and from the air more bombs than Adolf Hitler from 1941 to 1945. The equivalent of the used explosives is between six and eight nuclear bombs thrown at Hiroshima.

Turkey could seek a deal to acquire a missile defense system with another country if Russia does not agree to joint production of a defense shield, its foreign minister was quoted as saying on Monday, quoted by Reuters. 

A balanced resolution fairly presenting the situation in the Western Balkans is to be passed at the Oct. 7-9 fall session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Tanjug reported this on Thursday, citing the daily Politika.

Romania is a key ally that contributes significantly to NATO's collective defense and common security, especially as it is now investing 2% of its GDP for defense, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview for Hotnews.ro., Romania Insider reported.

He will come on a visit to Romania in three days.

A balanced resolution fairly presenting the situation in the Western Balkans is to be passed at the Oct. 7-9 fall session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

Tanjug reported this on Thursday, citing the daily Politika.

Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva returned from the United States, where she was visiting along with President Rumen Radev.

About 30 ambassadors representing Serbia abroad should be replaced in the next few months, the daily Politika writes on Friday.

They are currently among those serving in the country's 69 embassies and seven diplomatic missions - to the EU, NATO, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the UN in New York and Geneva.