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The “Cooperation 2020” exercise was carried out at the “Peshter” military range, attended by about 2,800 members of the Air Force and Air Defense, the Army, the 72nd Special Operations Brigade and the 63rd Parachute Brigade, more than 150 combat and non-combat vehicles. and combat systems and about 40 aircraft.
Photo: BETAPHOTO / MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF SERBIA / Darimir Banda / EVThe exercises were also attended by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the former prime minister and candidate for the new prime minister, Ana Brnabić, as well as a part of the state leadership.
The presumption of the exercise is that the “enemy armed forces” attacked the southwestern part of Serbia and temporarily occupied a part of the state territory, on the Sjenica – Cajetina – Bajina Basta line, as well as to bring in new forces.
At the beginning of the exercise, it was shown how the newly acquired “Pancir” air defense system destroys enemy aircraft, as well as the national improved PASARS system, based on “Bofors” guns.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić stated that the global consequences of the corona virus pandemic will make it incomparably more difficult to invest in the Serbian Army (VS) and emphasized that it is getting stronger to “deter the aggressors” and not to initiate conflicts.
“The pandemic has lasted longer than the world thought. All this has been prolonged with vaccines, and a pandemic can only be solved in this way.” The numbers are growing in Europe and its surroundings, in our country they are better than in others places, but we are not happy, “said Vučić in the joint tactical exercise with combat shooting” Sadejstvo 2020 “.
At the press conference, Vučić emphasized that this military exercise was not directed against anyone and that the Armed Forces belong equally to all the peoples living in Serbia: “This is your army. It helped when it was most difficult at the time of the epidemic and protected their homes. “The Serbian army is as Bosnian as it is Serbian and Hungarian,” he said.
Dodik: The military exercise is encouraging, it shows that Serbia can defend its sovereignty
Serbian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Milorad Dodik, stated that today’s exercise of the Serbian army is encouraging and shows that Serbia can successfully defend statehood and sovereignty.
“I congratulate him on a successful military exercise and he demonstrated great ability that encourages and sends a message that Serbia can successfully defend statehood and sovereignty,” Dodik said.
After the exercise at Peshter training ground, Dodik congratulated Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for, as he put it, “the efforts he made to modernize the army.”
He also congratulated Vučić for his “efforts to show that Serbia is committed to the establishment of regional peace, but that it is ready to resolutely defend its territory.”
Vučić said that the invitation to today’s military exercise, which took place in the region where Bosnians make up the majority of the population, was sent to the Bosnian and Croatian members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šefik Džaferović and Željko Komšić . They did not respond to the call.
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