Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
 
15.06.2010.

Minister Sutanovac: SAF peace keepers in Lebannon and Cyprus



Minister of defense Dragan Sutanovac stated today that this ministry’s plan on participation of the Serbian armed forces envisions participation in two UN missionsin Lebanon and Cyprus.

He said, during the Parliamentary discussion on participation of our forces in peace missions, that the Serbian soldiers would be deployed within the Spanish that is Slovakian-Hungarian contingent. In his words, this is very important as these are prominent EU member which support Serbia’s policy, as is the case with Slovakia and Spain.

These are mainly humanitarian missions within UN, as UN membership imposes certain obligations not just benefits. The benefits can be seen in both professional and political aspects as Serbian peace makers will gain useful skills and knowledge and experiences. This will bring Serbia back among those countries with a lot of influence in the world thus supporting the global peace.

In 2002, as Sutanovac reminded, the Federative Republic of Yugoslavia reached a decision to take part in the East Timor which basically launched a new era of relations of Serbia with UN. So far the Ministry of defense has deployed 181 members of SAF and MoD within peace missions, 23 of whom were women.

Minister explained the Decision proposal on adopting an annual plan for the deployment of SAF and other armed forces in multinational operations in 2010 as well as the Decision Proposal on SAF participation in multinational operations this year. The plan envisions that 134 members of SAF and MoD be deployed in UN operations.

The decision proposals state that the MoD members will participate in six missions, while the police members will take part in two missions, while a total of 98 members of the defense system and up to 36 police officers will be deployed in UN missions.

MoD members will take part in Congo, Liberia, Cote d Ivoire, Chad, Lenabion, an Cyprus, while the police officers will be deployed in Liberia and Cyprus.

The realization of the plan will cost 201 million RSD, which will be covered by budgetary funds.
 
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