22.07.2014.
Meeting of the Minister of Defence and the Ambassador of Israel
Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic talked to Ambassador of Israel in Belgrade Yossef Levy.Gasic informed the Israeli Ambassador in detail about consequences of the disastrous floods and thanked for their humanitarian aid. The two interlocutors pointed out that there is a need for accelerating and a wide space for advancing cooperation when it comes to military/to/military, military medical, scientific technical and military educational cooperation. Defence Minister stressed that an international procedure is under way, concerning construction of a draft of the new Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the two countries concerning military, defence and industrial cooperation. Gasic said that the planned activities of the bilateral defence cooperation in 2014 and 2015 will be agreed upon in the upcoming period.
Ambassador Levy pointed out the importance of continuing the ongoing cooperation between the Military Archive of the Ministry of Defence and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
One of the topics discussed during the meeting was the current situation in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Middle East. The Israeli Ambassador pointed out that military operations of that country are conducted with the goal of destroying missile launchers and tunnels in the territory of Gaza, and ceasing missile fire at the Israeli territory.Serbia’s stance, when it comes to the situation in Israel and in Ukraine as well is clear, as Defence Minister said, adding that our country respects territorial integrity of all the members of the UN and advocates peaceful resolution of the issues.
The Ambassador of Israel handed the Minister of Defence a congratulatory letter from the Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon, on the occasion of Bratislav Gasic’s appointment as Minister of Defence.
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