Chief of General Staff completed the visit to our peacekeepers in the Central African Republic
Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Ljubiša Diković, with the delegation, completed a several-day visit to the members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces engaged in the missions of the UN (MINUSCA) and the EU (EUTM RCA) in the Central African Republic.
In the second part of the visit, the Chief of General Staff visited the MINUSCA HQ in Bangui, where he spoke with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, and also the Head of Mission, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga. They discussed the prospects of peacekeeping operations under the United Nations mandate and the engagement of the Serbian Armed Forces in MINUSCA.
General Diković also met with the Mission Support Director Milan Trojanović, in the MINUSCA Logistics Base at Boganda Avenue in Bangui, where he discussed the prospects for supporting the military hospital role 2 in MINUSCA.
The Chief of General Staff visited the members of the Serbian Armed Forces deployed to the EUTM RCA, stationed in the UCATEX base, where he met with EU Mission Force Commander Major General Fernando Garcia Blazquez. The two generals discussed the current security situation in the Central African Republic, the activities of the forces in the EUTM RCA mission, and they particularly analysed the engagement of our medical advisor and medical team in this mission.
In the final part of the visit, General Diković spoke today with the MINUSCA military component commander Major General Balla Keita on the security situation in the Central African Republic.
During his stay in the Central African Republic for several days, General Diković reviewed the dislocation, order and organization of work in UN and EU missions in the Central African Republic and the engagement of our members in these missions. At the end of the visit, the Chief of General Staff assessed that our peacekeepers consistently carry out all the tasks and gave them recognition on the worthy representation of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Republic of Serbia in the international environment.