Military of Serbia

Paratroopers from Serbia will join elite counterparts from Russia and Belarus for this year's Slavic Military Brotherhood exercise over 13 days between June 14 and 27 in Pancevo, in northern Serbia.

Selakovic in this way took part in a ceremony marking April 23, Serbian Army Day.

Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin, who heads a delegation of Serbia at the International Fair of Armaments and Military Equipment "IDEX 2019" in Abu Dhabi, said this event is an opportunity to see what Serbia can offer in the sphere of the defence industry.

On that occasion, Vucic said that Serbia, as a true friend and trusted partner, will always be a strong support for the RS, the Serb entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

"Serbia will always, respecting the Dayton agreement, support various infrastructure and other projects in the RS, as well as joint work to foster our cultural and spiritual ties," Vucic emphasized.

This news was later confirm. The first on the list should be the head of the General Staff of the Serbian Army General Ljubisa Dikovic, who will retire.

In addition to Dikovic, the heads of military services will remain without their jobs, and a new deputy chief of the General Staff will be appointed as well as a new commander of the Special Brigade.

Serbia has arrested eight foreign citizens, including two Americans and two Ukrainians, on suspicion that they tried to photograph and enter military facilities without authorization, officials said.

State-run RTS TV said the U.S. and Ukrainian citizens allegedly tried to take shots of the military intelligence headquarters in downtown Belgrade with a drone.

Ana Brnabic told the Summit of the US-Adriatic Charter (A5) in Podgorica that Serbia is a military neutral country, committed to cooperating with all partners.

Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin on Monday visited the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces for the first time since assuming office.

Vulin was welcomed Chief of General Staff General Ljubisa Dikovic, who presented to him the major tasks, organization, development and modernization of the Serbian Army's resources.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Zoran Djordjevic on Monday met with US Senator John McCain, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, to discuss bilateral military cooperation.

BELGRADE - A 70-strong contingent of the Serbian Armed Forces, including 25 women, was on Monday seen off to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, MINUSCA.

The seeing-off ceremony, held at the Banjica 2 army barracks in Belgrade, was also attended by Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Jovica Draganic.