Serbian Armed Forces

Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic arrived at Nis military quarters to see the new BRDM 2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatenaya Dozornaya Mashina - Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle) within the presentation of weapons and military equipment of the Serbian Armed Forces.
President Vucic thanked the Russian Federation and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It gets tougher every day to provide manpower to the members of military reserve forces as well as active forces, while the best model to be implemented is the one from Norway, portal Balkan Security Network reports.

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will fly into Belgrade in November to join Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic at the Serbian military parade marking the centenary of the signing of the armistice treaty that ended WWI, Serbian daily Vecernje Novosti reported on Thursday evening. 

Vulin is visiting as the envoy of Aleksandar Vucic, the president of Serbia and the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Army, the MoD said on its website.

On the first day, Vulin visited two Chinese special-purpose industry companies, AVIC and CATIC, that are engaged in the development and production of planes, helicopters, unmanned aircraft and anti-aircraft systems.

A Serbian military expert said the new delivery of Russian aircraft and other military equipment was a good deal for Serbia, as its equipment dates back from the time of the Yugoslav People's Army, JNA, and needs renewing.

BELGRADE - Meeting with Russian Ambassador Alexander Chepurin on Wednesday, Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin said he was satisfied with the level of military-economic cooperation, stressing that acquisitions of modern weapons for the Serbian Armed Forces were strategically significant.

BELGRADE - Serbian military police arrested eight foreign nationals on Sunday and Monday for attempting to enter, or record footage of, military facilities without authorisation, Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin said.

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.