19.10.2012.
Cooperation of the Republic of Serbia with OPCW
The delegation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), headed by Deputy Director-General Grace Asirwatham, was received by the Assistant Minister for Defence Policy Miroslav Jovanovic. On that occasion, he said that the visit of the delegation confirms the continuation of the successful cooperation of Serbia with the OPCW in the field of implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.Cooperation with the OPCW significantly contributes to the promotion of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces at the international level, especially for the capacities and the activities of CBRN PTC as a regional center for training personnel in the field of protection from weapons of mass destruction, as well as of MMA, MTI and other capacities in this area in the Republic of Serbia.
OPCW Deputy Director-General has expressed satisfaction with the cooperation with Serbia so far and expressed her gratitude for the support that the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces provided during the realization of the OPCW Inspectorate training for OPCW inspectors in handling highly toxic chemicals.The Republic of Serbia, since the signing of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons met key commitments made by the Convention upon all the member states and adopted documents necessary for its immediate implementation, but it went a "step further" in cooperation with the OPCW, which resulted in a number of activities that the Ministry Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces realise in cooperation with the OPCW.
Apart from meetings with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, Deputy Director-General of the OPCW, attended the realization of a part of the exercise "Investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons", which is being realized in the CBRN PTC and MMA in the period from 8 to 20 October 2012.