Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says he expects that Serbia will open a mission to NATO in Brussels by mid 2010. He added that Brigadier-General NebojÅ¡a Äukanović will take over the duty of the country’s military official.
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Å utanovac: Trust restored in army
March 20th, 2010 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac said that the recent increase in soldiers serving military duties in uniform shows that trust has been restored to the army. He said that the March class will be one of the last to serve a military term in uniform before the military goes professional, adding that he wants their time in uniform to remain a positive memory.
Å utanovac in Portugal, Jeremić in Oman, DaÄić in UK
March 15th, 2010 |
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Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić will be on a one-day bilateral visit to Oman on Monday, it has been announced. During his stay in Muscat, Jeremić will meet with Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmood al Said and Foreign Minister Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah, the Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Å utanovac: Army, police can secure south
February 15th, 2010 |
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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says the Army and police (MUP) southern Serbia can secure stability and peace. His comments came a day after an explosive device detonated under a MUP vehicle in Bujanovac, seriously injuring a police officer.
Å utanovac: Cyprus supports Serbia
February 11th, 2010 |
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Cyprus is supporting Serbia’s position regarding Kosovo, stated Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac on Wednesday. He was meeting with Cypriot President Demetris Christofias in Nicosia.
Å utanovac: Strengthening of PfP
January 26th, 2010 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac says the defense doctrine does not define Serbia’s approach to NATO. Rather, it defines strengthening of relations with member states of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, he told reporters in Belgrade on Monday.
Å utanovac: NATO still far away
January 23rd, 2010 |
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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac said that “all the talk about Serbia’s NATO accession is irrelevant at the moment.” He added that it will take some time before the country can join NATO.
Å utanovac, Fitzgerald on security in Kosovo
December 16th, 2009 |
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Commander of Allied Joint Force in Naples Admiral Mark Fitzgerald met on Wednesday with Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac. The MoD said in a statement that Fitzgerald “assured that KFOR troops, regardless of their numbers, will guard the safety of non-Albanians and Serb cultural and historic sites in Kosovo and Metohija”.
Å utanovac: No rush to join NATO
October 15th, 2009 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac says that Serbia is not currently interested in applying for NATO membership. Šutanovac added that the organization had never set that as a condition for further enhancing cooperation. “On the contrary, Serbia adopted a resolution on military neutrality in relation to its existing military alliances and this concept must be developed further,†he said.
Å utanovac: No invitation to join NATO
October 1st, 2009 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac says that there is no real question over whether Serbia should join NATO or not because it has not been invited to do so. “Serbia is still not fully participating in the Partnership for Peace. I think that within that partnership, there are a large number of possibilities and high-quality activities that Serbia has yet to exploit,†Šutanovac told weekly Vreme.
Tadić, Šutanovac travel to Tripoli
September 1st, 2009 |
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Serbia is honored to have been invited to attend the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Libyan revolution, says President Boris Tadić. Tadić said that he would be meeting with Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi during his stay in Tripoli, as well as with other heads of state and government attending the celebrations in the Libyan capital.
Å utanovac on security of state officials
July 28th, 2009 |
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Defense Minister Dragan Å utanovac on Tuesday stated that the degree of safety of the country’s top-ranking officials has been high for some time. But he could not confirm allegations by controversial Montenegrin businessman Ratko Knežević that the so-called Tobacco Mafia is threatening Serbian President Boris Tadić.