24.12.2019.
Bilateral defense consultations between the Ministries of Defense of Serbia and Belarus
Acting Assistant Minister for Defense Policy, Milan Ranković met with the Head of International Military Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus and Assistant to the Defence Minister for Foreign Military Policy, Major General Oleg Voinov.
The interlocutors discussed the security situation in the respective regions of the two countries, as well as the current challenges and threats at the global level.Assistant Minister Ranković assessed cooperation in the field of defense of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Belarus as developed and diversified and added that the number and content of the activities are the best indicators of the qualitative and quantitative progress of the bilateral cooperation.
Frequent meetings between the two Ministers of Defense, Ranković said, confirmed a common commitment to further improve cooperation, and an official visit by the Serbian Minister of Defense to Belarus was agreed to occur during celebration marking the 102nd anniversary of the establishment of the Armed Forces of Belarus.
General Voinov emphasized that the excellent cooperation between the members of the two Armed Forces is best observed during the conduct of field exercises and stressed that in 2020, besides the already traditional exercise “Slavonic Brotherhood” and competitions in the disciplines at the International Army Games, the first bilateral exercise of the two Armed Forces “Joint Strike” will also be organized.The visit was also an opportunity for Serbia and Belarus to sign the Bilateral Military Co-operation Plan for 2020, which facilitates further development of co-operation in the areas of mutual interest.
