US denied Serbian army chief visa

Serbian Army Chief General Ljubisa Dikovic was not issued an American visa back in October, despite the timely submission of an application.

The N1 broadcaster said it was told this by the Ministry of Defense (MoD), which stressed that the American side is expected to provide an official explanation of the reasons, and the current status of the application.

Earlier, the newspaper Danas reported that the US embassy in Belgrade refused to issue a visa to General Dikovic because he attended a Russian-Belarus military exercise in September.

Beta is reporting on Thursday that the Ministry of Defense said Dikovic had been invited by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Danford, to participate in a chiefs of staff conference on violent extremism, held in Washington on October 23 and 24.

According to the MoD, this, rather than Dikovic "delivering a...

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