25.09.2017.
Serbia continues its military neutrality policy
Thanks for the principled position towards Kosovo and Metohija
Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin has met today with of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) General Yury Khachaturov, in Moscow.
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Participants in the meeting, held at the CSTO headquarters, considered the possibilities and perspectives of future cooperation and exchanged views on the current security and political situation in the region and the world.
Minister Vulin stressed that the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Ministry of Defence, the President of the Republic of Serbia and the Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces, Aleksandar Vučić, are conducting a policy of military neutrality.
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- Today, I informed our hosts from CSTO that Serbia does not intend to become a member of the CSTO, as it does not intend to become a member of NATO, but that it has a great desire to deepen its cooperation with the CSTO and all its member states. All CSTO members support the principled position of the Republic of Serbia when it comes to their stance toward Kosovo and Metohija, and of course, I thanked them for that particularly. As far as military cooperation is concerned, it was agreed that the cooperation should be deepening, that it should continue under conditions of reciprocity, conditions of mutual respect, respect for mutual interests, and, of course, respect for the military neutrality of the Republic of Serbia, as our fundamental and principled foreign policy position, the Minister of Defence said..jpg)
He emphasized that all CSTO member states strongly support such a policy of the Republic of Serbia and are ready to work with us to develop our relations.- The Government of the Republic of Serbia wants to work with all friends, wants to continue with the same policy, just as it wants to make its knowledge available to others in the future. We discussed our cooperation in the field of military education, joint activities, and we are sure that we will continue like that in the future, Minister Vulin said.
The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO Valery A. Semerikov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff General Anatoly Sidorov, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Russian Federation H.E. Slavenko Terzic, Chief of the Department for International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia Navy Captain Milan Konjikovac and defence attaché of the Republic of Serbia in the Russian Federation Colonel Budimir Gajić.
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