06.12.2012.
Chief of General Staff visits Greece
Delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces led by Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ljubisa Dikovic, has been in a visit to the Hellenic Republic since yesterday.With the highest military honours, General Dikovic laid a wreath at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the central Athens' Syntagma Square. After laying the wreath, a welcoming ceremony for General Dikovic was organised in front of the Ministry of National Defence, where he met with the Chief of General Staff of the National Defence of Hellenic Armed Forces General Mikhail Kostarakos.
General Kostarakos, with his closest associates, briefed the delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces about the basic characteristics of the defence policy of Greece and the current engagement of the Hellenic Armed Forces.
During the official talks, the two delegations discussed the promotion of bilateral military cooperation, especially in the field of education, training and exchange of officers in the military education institutions and training centers of the two countries.
General Dikovic thanked his colleagues for the support provided by the Hellenic Armed Forces in maintaining commemorative ceremonies at the Serbian military memorials at Zeytinlik and on the island of Corfu, as well as for the willingness to accept our representatives as observers in SEEBRIG and NDC-GR Headquarters.Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces was received today by the Greek Minister of Defence Panos Panayiotopoulos, and after the official talks, the delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces visited the Special Forces Training Center in Greece, where he attended demonstrtion of a part of their operational capabilities.
The delegation of the Serbian Armed Forces was received by the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Greece, Dragan Zupanjevac, and the reception at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia was attended also by three of our cadets at training at Greek military academies.
