Ministry of defence Republic of Serbia
 
07.12.2011.

Press release



The article published in Sarajevo daily Dnevni Avaz, entitled "The members of the Army of Serbia died for a dictator: List of names of those who fought for Gaddafi!"

Serbian Ministry of Defense releases a statement:

In February this year, Serbia has taken all necessary measures to ensure the fastest evacuation of its citizens who are temporarily living and working in Libya.

As part of the evacuation team, the plan and the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces, which is why for their departure it was necessary to obtain all the necessary paperwork, including visas. For this reason, requests for visas for a number of persons from the Army of Serbia, including the pilots of transport aircraft had to be submitted.

As for the evacuation of citizens of Serbia who at that time lived in Libya and wanted to return to Serbia, the engagement of pilots and aircraft JAT was quite sufficient, therefore the members of the Army of Serbia did not travel to Libya, which makes following stipulations complete untruth.
 
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