17.04.2017.
A visit to the Joint Force and bases in the Ground Safety Zone
The State Secretary Nenad Neric accompanied by the Commander of the Joint Military and Police Force Brigadier General Dejan Jankovic and the Chief of Staff of the Army Colonel Vladeta Baltic visited today the possessed posts “1.maj” and “Svoboda”, where the state border with the Republic of Bulgaria is secured 24 hours.
Neric wished members of the Joint Force, whose task is to prevent illegal crossings of migrants and smuggling of people in Sector B, preserve security of citizens and protect their property, happy Easter.
During joint lunch at the possessed post “1.maj” followed by traditional Easter egg tapping, the State Secretary Neric informed members of the Armed Forces and Gendarmery about the current situation and perspectives of the migrant crisis, which he characterized as still being the serious security challenge for Europe.
During the visit to both posts he was interested in the accommodation conditions and confirmed that one of the priorities of the Ministry of Defence management is to provide the optimum conditions for stay of members of the Armed Forces and Police.
Neric emphasized this is the first time that units of the Serbian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Interior are integrated to this extent on the same mission and confirmed that despite problems they encounter during work, they function as a team and solve problems quickly and efficiently in accordance with capacities.
“No matter how devoted they are to perform entrusted tasks successfully, it is clear that they lack technical means, which is the problem we will talk about with European partners, especially with the countries that are vitally interested in relieving the migrant crisis”, Neric said adding that the task of the Ministry of Defence and Serbian Armed Forces is to improve the conditions in which members of the Joint Force work, mainly at the posts, which have been long unused, and during the migrant crisis have gained importance.
Talking about the problems in the field, the Commander of the Joint Military and Police Force Brigadier General Dejan Jankovic paid a special emphasis to the lack of a larger number of optoelectronic devices and cross-country vehicles.
The Acting Assistant Minister of Defence for Defence Policy Milan Mojsilovic visited today members of the 2nd Army Brigade, who execute tasks of securing the administrative line with Kosovo and Metohija and control of the Ground Safety Zone deployed to the bases “Vrapce” and “Medevce”.
Mojsilovic wished the engaged personnel happy Easter and emphasized the significance of the tasks they execute.
