Shoigu said Russia is making a significant contribution to strengthening the defense capability of Serbia – Army and defense industry
MOSCOW, December 2. / TASS /. The Russian Federation makes a great contribution to strengthening the defense capability of Serbia, bilateral military and military-technical cooperation is expanding, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Our military cooperation program is expanding successfully. on time and in the volumes that we agreed, “Shoigu said in a working meeting with Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin in Moscow on Thursday.
He noted that those cases that were started with the participation of Vulin when he was the head of the republic’s military department are being completed with the support of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and this “serves as a serious factor in strengthening the defense capability of Serbia.” “I hope this will continue,” Shoigu said. He predicts that the dynamically developing cooperation between Russia and Serbia is largely due to the relations between the leaders of the two countries – Vladimir Putin and Aleksandar Vucic.
“All this, of course, is going on, thanks to this, in my opinion, very constructive and effective relations between our presidents. We are in the right direction in the development of cooperation in the military and military-technical sphere,” Shoigu said.
Cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade
Shoigu, that bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Belgrade is multifaceted, dynamically developing in various fields, including the military.
“I am glad to see you again. There is always something to discuss with Serbian friends. Cooperation between Russia and Serbia in recent years has acquired a dynamic and multifaceted character,” Shoigu said.
According to him, the results of the recent meeting of the Presidents of Russia Vladimir Putin and Serbia Aleksandar Vucic became another confirmation of this. “The presidents of our countries agreed on the further development of bilateral cooperation in various fields, including in the military sphere,” Shoigu said.
“Please accept my congratulations on this significant event,” said the Russian Defense Minister.
He uses the Minister of Internal Affairs of Serbia to exchange views on the most pressing issues of bilateral cooperation. Note that during the visit, Vulin has many meetings planned, Shoigu expressed confidence that the Serbian stay in Moscow will be eventful and interesting.
Book “Descent”
One of the reasons for Vulin’s trip to Russia was the release of his new book in Russian “Descent”. The Minister of Defense warmly congratulated the interlocutor on this event.
Vulin’s story “Descent” is the third literary work of the author translated into Russian (the first book is “Darkness”, the second – “Beauty”, published by the publishing house “Alteya”, St. Petersburg).
The Descent tells the story of the fate of three Bosnian Serbs trapped in a number of legionnaires mercenaries in Zaire, the former Belgian colony of the Congo.
As the author notes in the foreword, “Serbia is millions of unknown people who fought to prevent it from disappearing.” They also say: tell me who your enemy is, and I will tell you what you are like. she deserved it with great sacrifices and great suffering, “writes Vulin.
He notes that today there are 10 million: divided and deprived in different countries, in different parts of the world, not fully counted. ” According to him, the tectonic plates of the West and East collided on the territory of Serbia, constantly demanded from its people.
“And we Serbs, realizing our small number, have never constantly had the slightest desire to participate in the games of the great. But the history of Serbia is not in the stories of its geniuses,” the author states.