08.06.2018.
Rotation of Serbian contingent in Lebanon
Yesterday, members of the Serbian Armed Forces contingent who were deployed within the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), over the past six months, arrived at Niš Constantine the Great Airport. The new contingent of the Serbian Armed Forces, composed of commanding officers and soldiers of the infantry company, staff officers and members of the national support element, set off on the same plane.
- On behalf of the Army Commander Lieutenant-General Milosav Simović, I wish to congratulate all of you on the successfully completed mission and the accomplishment of all the set tasks. Like the previous contingents, you represented the Serbian Armed Forces and the state of Serbia in a dignified way and I am very happy to hear that our officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers are highly valued in Lebanon, especially by the population that lives there. I am convinced that representatives of the contingent who are leaving for Lebanon today will continue to professionally carry out all tasks from the assigned mission, to represent the Serbian Armed Forces with dignity and honour, General Glišović said, welcoming ones and seeing off the other members of the Serbian Armed Forces to the mission in Lebanon.
Major Mladen Gligorijević, an infantry company commander who just returned from Lebanon, confirmed that the unit he had commanded over the past six months successfully carried out all the set tasks in line with the mandate of the UNIFIL mission.
Today, 129 officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers from the composition of the infantry unit of the Fourth Army Brigade, staff officers and national support elements flew off from the Niš Airport to Lebanon, while the force protection platoon is to set off on 27th June this year.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was established by the United Nations Security Council Resolution of 19 March 1978. Members of the Serbian Armed Forces have begun taking part in this mission on 21st December 2010 and currently, within one rotation, 177 members of the Serbian Armed Forces are engaged in the mission.
