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Serbia defense chief at Adriatic Charter
Serbian Defense Minister, Dragan Sutanovac, is attending a meeting of the Adriatic Charter states held in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Serbia is an observing member of the Adriatic Charter, established by the United States in 2003 that seeks to promote stability in the region and NATO enlargement. U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Alexander Vershbow is set to speak to... »
Serbia appoints NATO ambassador
Serbia has appointed Branislav Milinkovic as an ambassador to NATO. Milinkovic will submit his credentials to NATO by the end of the year. Officials are in a search for a Brussels office location for the Serbian mission to the NATO. Milinkovic will be accompanied by a military official, probably a general appointed by the President of Serbia... »
NATO may pull out of Kosovo in 4 years
New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday that the NATO-led troops in Kosovo (KFOR) could be significantly reduced or even completely withdrawn by the end of his four-year term. “On Kosovo, my aim is clear: by the end of my term, I want to see KFOR reduced to just a small reaction force,... »
NATO ready for Serbia partnership
NATO leaders have expressed their “readiness for the development of partnership, political consultations, and practical cooperation” with Serbia but warned that those initiatives depend on Serbia. “The will and steps of the Serbian authorities hold a crucial importance for further deepening our partnership,” the NATO leaders said. NATO asked Serbia to strengthen “peace and order in... »
NATO membership good for Serbia, official
NATO chief for contact with Serbia, Miroslav Balint, told the Serbian media that NATO membership would benefit Belgrade but that NATO will never pressure Serbia to join. “It is up to each country to decide: ‘we are ready, we want membership, or not’. NATO does not convince anyone,” said Balint. Balint is a brigadier general and... »
NATO willing to modify Kosovo military deal
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that NATO is ready to discuss Serbia’s idea of removing the ground security zone (GSZ) that runs along the administrative Kosovo border and 25 kilometers inside Serbia. “If Serbia makes such a proposal, I am ready to discuss it,” Scheffer is quoted as saying. Scheffer also said that... »
NATO offers closer ties with Serbia
Foreign minister’s at the NATO meeting in Brussels seeks to strengthen of relations with Serbia and have offered an Action Plan for for the Partnership for Peace to Serbia. Foreign ministers stressed that they supported Serbia’s Euro-Atlantic integration citing the recent signing of the agreement between NATO and Serbia on security of information represented an... »
NATO not to consider treaty revision yet
NATO has still not discussed, assessed or made decisions on the proposal of Serbia’s President Boris Tadic to revise the Kumanovo Agreement, NATO spokesman James Appathurai said. Appathurai also said that NATO was aware of the idea proposed by the Serbian President Tadic. “There have been no discussions, no evaluations, nor decisions within NATO and I... »
Serb General urges more NATO cooperation
Serbian Army Chief of Staff Major General Zdravko Ponos said in Brussels that intensification of cooperation with NATO is necessary in order to assure security of the non-Albanian population in the region. Ponos said that a “modality” must be found in the existing Military Technical Agreement signed in 1999 that ended NATOs war on Serbia... »
Djukanovic to visit NATO
The Prime Minister of Montenegro, Mr. Milo Djukanovic, will visit NATO Headquarters today, Wednesday 5 November 2008. He will meet with the Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. There will be no media opportunity. »
