10.02.2025.

Visit to SAF members in Zaječar

As part of his planned tour of the Serbian Armed Forces units, Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić visited today Army and Training Command units in Nikola Pašić Barracks in Zaječar. There he spoke with members of the Timok Brigade and the 31st Infantry Battalion of the Third Army Brigade about their living and working conditions and the tasks awaiting them in the coming period.

In the conversation with the members of the Serbian Armed Forces, the Minister of Defence stressed that he was satisfied with the fact that they had professionally and responsibly completed all their tasks and added that the opportunity to speak with them in person about the challenges facing them was very important.

- It is important that you know that the state of Serbia is always there for you and that, thanks to the support of the state leadership and investments in arms and military equipment, our military is continuously strengthening. It will, without doubt, continue to be so in the coming years. Your contribution to strengthening the capabilities is immeasurable and I would like to express my profound gratitude to you for that – said Minister Gašić and expressed his belief that by working professionally, they would manage to address all future challenges and stressed that the state would continue to work on improving their living standards.

At the Zaječar barracks, the Minister of Defence took a tour of the accommodation facilities and the display of weapons and military equipment featuring Lazar-3, MRAP and Hummer armoured fighting vehicles, Kornet anti-tank missile systems, small arms, UAVs and other equipment.

The Commander of the Third Army Brigade, Colonel Vladan Milosavljević, and the Commander of the Timok Brigade, Colonel Saša Todorov, informed Minister Gašić of the situation in the units.

Minister Gašić was accompanied on his tour by Deputy Army Commander Major General Zoran Dragićević, Deputy Commander of the Training Command Brigadier General Nebojša Cvetković, Head of the Office of the Minister of Defence Brigadier General Goran Momčilović and Head of the Training and Doctrine Department (J-7) Brigadier General Muharem Fazlić.

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10.02.2025

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The visit