03.11.2016.
Defence Minister in the Serbian National Assembly
"We are continuing our involvement in seven multinational UN-led operations in Congo, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Lebanon, the Middle East and the Central African Republic and the EU-led missions in Somalia, Central African Republic and Mali. This year, pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations concerning contributions to the United Nations stand-by arrangements system, a medical team, military observers and staff officers were declared, which is a total of 12 persons, who could be deployed at the invitation of the United Nations, to the UN missions in Western Sahara, the Republic of Mali, Jammu, Kashmir, South Sudan, Sudan and the Middle East. Also, the Proposal for Decision on the Annual Plan of employment of the SAF provides also for the deployment of our members to two EU crisis management operations – in the Central African Republic and in the Mediterranean", the Defence Minister said.
Answering questions of MPs regarding the restitution of compulsory military service, the defence minister stressed that this is a matter which can certainly be argued, that the decision is to be passed by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, but that the analyses show that the first year would require earmarking of about 70 billion dinars in the Serbian budget for this purpose.
Speaking about the humanitarian aid provided to Syria, Djordjevic said that the only message of that decision is that the people in Serbia are humane.