Tadić: Serbia is committed to peace

President Boris Tadic said on Saturday Serbia is committed to peace while her army should guarantee a peaceful state policy. This policy, he told a graduation ceremony of the VS Military Academy, should createdpartners and allies in the world and ensure full development and stability of the country. Tadic: Serbia is committed to peace "The Republic of Serbia showed in the past period firm commitment to defending her interests in a peaceful way. This policy by which the new Serbian government is guided has no alternative," Tadic said, addressing the 128th and 129th classes of the Military Academy. "Serbia has decided to defend her legitimate rights in Kosovo-Metohija using legal and diplomatic means, rather than using force," he said. "In the case of Kosovo we observe not just the UN and OSCE norms, but also the system of values on which the European Union rests," Tadic said and added that for Serbia, Kosovo was the biggest and most sensitive security and political issue. The president congratulated the defense minister and chief of the Serbian Army General Staff "on the results achieved in the reform of the military". "I expect from all competent state bodies to ensure the norms and material reforms for the continuation of the reform of the Serbian Army," Tadic said. During the ceremony in front of the parliament building in downtown Belgrade, the president presented officers' sabers to the Military Academy's top three freshly commissioned second lieutenants. The VS ceremony yesterday (FoNet)

Tadić: Serbia is committed to peace

"The Republic of Serbia showed in the past period firm commitment to defending her interests in a peaceful way. This policy by which the new Serbian government is guided has no alternative," Tadić said, addressing the 128th and 129th classes of the Military Academy.

"Serbia has decided to defend her legitimate rights in Kosovo-Metohija using legal and diplomatic means, rather than using force," he said.

"In the case of Kosovo we observe not just the UN and OSCE norms, but also the system of values on which the European Union rests," Tadić said and added that for Serbia, Kosovo was the biggest and most sensitive security and political issue.

The president congratulated the defense minister and chief of the Serbian Army General Staff "on the results achieved in the reform of the military".

"I expect from all competent state bodies to ensure the norms and material reforms for the continuation of the reform of the Serbian Army," Tadić said.

During the ceremony in front of the parliament building in downtown Belgrade, the president presented officers' sabers to the Military Academy's top three freshly commissioned second lieutenants.