INAT
03-25-2009, 04:10 PM
Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia is ready for a comprehensive military technical cooperation with Russia but expressed criticism of the pace of cooperation for the existing military agreements.
“We are prepared for comprehensive military technical cooperation with Russia and are open for all suggestions,” Tadic said.
Noting that Russian help is vital to developing Serbian military potential, Tadic also expressed criticism that the existing military deals are slow to materialize.
“Unfortunately, a number of already coordinated projects, one of which is the modernization of our combat helicopters, has not been realized so far,” Tadic said.
Tadic said that there is a whole series of ideas that Russia could be of help in strengthening Serbia’s general security system against external threats.
Russian foreign ministry did not comment on Tadic’s statements that were carried by a Russian daily, but it commented separately on the tenth anniversary of NATOs aggression against Serbian civilians.
“We urge that the events which took place ten years ago (in 1999) be looked at rationally, as well as their devastating consequences on the system of international relations, and for conclusions to be reached which would not allow such actions to happen again in the future,” said Russian Foreign Ministry representative Andrei Nesterenko.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Russia’s opinion of the NATO aggression has not changed.
“These actions were outside international field, were taken in violation of the United Nations Charter and did not help stability in Europe, to say nothing of great suffering inflicted on Serbian people,” Lavrov said and added that the “consequences of these actions that were followed up by the unilateral declaration of Kosovo independence in defiance of the UN Security Council resolution will be felt for a long time yet”.
Patriarch of Moscow and Russia Orthodox Metropolitan Kyrill also voiced his solidarity with Serbian people on the tenth anniversary of NATO aggression.
“We have never forgotten the hardships experienced by our Serbian brothers,” Patriarch Kyrill said.
In his letter to Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, Patriarch Kyrill wrote that “The intention to use weapons to undo the knot of ethnic, religious, psychological and spiritual factors has caused great suffering to the entire Serbian people, whose consequences can still be felt”.
Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac and the chief of the Serbian army laid wreaths on graves of Serbian pilots killed by NATO while defending Serbia.
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic unveiled a plaque in memory of 177 police officers killed while defending the country form NATO aggression.
“Over 800 members of the interior ministry gave their lives in the 1990s defending their country and people,” Dacic said.
http://www.serbianna.com/blogs/newspost/?p=1651
“We are prepared for comprehensive military technical cooperation with Russia and are open for all suggestions,” Tadic said.
Noting that Russian help is vital to developing Serbian military potential, Tadic also expressed criticism that the existing military deals are slow to materialize.
“Unfortunately, a number of already coordinated projects, one of which is the modernization of our combat helicopters, has not been realized so far,” Tadic said.
Tadic said that there is a whole series of ideas that Russia could be of help in strengthening Serbia’s general security system against external threats.
Russian foreign ministry did not comment on Tadic’s statements that were carried by a Russian daily, but it commented separately on the tenth anniversary of NATOs aggression against Serbian civilians.
“We urge that the events which took place ten years ago (in 1999) be looked at rationally, as well as their devastating consequences on the system of international relations, and for conclusions to be reached which would not allow such actions to happen again in the future,” said Russian Foreign Ministry representative Andrei Nesterenko.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Russia’s opinion of the NATO aggression has not changed.
“These actions were outside international field, were taken in violation of the United Nations Charter and did not help stability in Europe, to say nothing of great suffering inflicted on Serbian people,” Lavrov said and added that the “consequences of these actions that were followed up by the unilateral declaration of Kosovo independence in defiance of the UN Security Council resolution will be felt for a long time yet”.
Patriarch of Moscow and Russia Orthodox Metropolitan Kyrill also voiced his solidarity with Serbian people on the tenth anniversary of NATO aggression.
“We have never forgotten the hardships experienced by our Serbian brothers,” Patriarch Kyrill said.
In his letter to Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, Patriarch Kyrill wrote that “The intention to use weapons to undo the knot of ethnic, religious, psychological and spiritual factors has caused great suffering to the entire Serbian people, whose consequences can still be felt”.
Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac and the chief of the Serbian army laid wreaths on graves of Serbian pilots killed by NATO while defending Serbia.
Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic unveiled a plaque in memory of 177 police officers killed while defending the country form NATO aggression.
“Over 800 members of the interior ministry gave their lives in the 1990s defending their country and people,” Dacic said.
http://www.serbianna.com/blogs/newspost/?p=1651