Ministry of Defence

Prime Minister Victor Ponta declared at the graduation ceremony of the Military Technical Academy on Thursday that Romania needs the training of a performing army, and all the sacrifices in the budget and upon the budget review are more than necessary.

BELGRADE - Officials of the Serbian and Chinese defense ministries signed Wednesday in Belgrade a protocol on the EUR 350,000 donation in medical supplies and equipment to be provided by the Chinese ministry.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic met with Tunisian Ambassador to Serbia Majid Hamlaoui on Wednesday to discuss the promotion of all forms of defense cooperation, including the strengthening of military-economic ties.

Gasic and Hamlaoui agreed that the defense cooperation established so far primarily involves the military-economic forms of cooperation.

Defense cooperation "best part" of Serbia-UK relations

BELGRADE -- Defense Minister Bratislav Gašić and British Ambassador Denis Keefe say defense cooperation is the best part of bilateral relations between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic and UK Ambassador to Serbia Denis Keefe have said that defense cooperation is the best part of bilateral relations between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and Greek Ambassador to Serbia Constantine Economides have discussed improvement of defence cooperation between the two countries.

The two countries need to work on improving cooperation in areas of mutual interest, on realistic and rational foundations, Gasic said on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Defence Bratislav Gasic met on Friday with officers who will assume the duty of military envoys in eight countries in the next few months.

As of this year, Serbia will, for the first time, have military envoys in Brazil, Poland, Angola and the United Arab Emirates, while four officers will take over regular duties in China, Romania, Algeria and Croatia.

BELGRADE - The ministries of defence of Serbia and Poland have signed the 2014 military cooperation plan in Belgrade.

Representative of the head of the Serbian Defence Ministry department for international cooperation Colonel Milan Konjikovac and Polish defence envoy to Belgrade Colonel Jerzy Stepancik signed the document, the Serbian Defence Ministry said on Friday.

MOSCOW - Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic will take part in a two-day Moscow International Security Conference on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic and German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm stated on Monday that the cooperation between Serbia and Germany in the sphere of defence is good.