Defense minister on state of defense
The country's defense system is not being jeopardized in any way by the abolishment of obligatory military service, says Dragan Šutanovac.
Sunday, 02.01.2011.
11:59
The country's defense system is not being jeopardized in any way by the abolishment of obligatory military service, says Dragan Sutanovac. The new law came into effect on January 1, and the defense minister stated that in case it was necessary, the Serbian Army (VS) reserve units would be filled from the so-called active reserve, which is yet to be set up. Defense minister on state of defense "There are about 1.7 million citizens in Serbia who received military training and who are still prepared to put on uniforms if necessary," Sutanovac asserted. The time-frame for the formation of the active reserve has not yet been determined, because, the minister said, there were many issues that must be resolved in agreement with the government and other institutions. However, he expresses his hope that the entire system would be functional in 2012, "after additional tuning". Sutanovac said that the "professionalization" process withing the army would bring with it "problems that were unknown to us until now and that will be a challenge to the whole system". However, the minister took comfort in the fact Serbia was "not the first to have done so in Europe", and therefore could "make use of the best experiences of other countries". Dragan Sutanovac (Tanjug, file)
Defense minister on state of defense
"There are about 1.7 million citizens in Serbia who received military training and who are still prepared to put on uniforms if necessary," Šutanovac asserted.The time-frame for the formation of the active reserve has not yet been determined, because, the minister said, there were many issues that must be resolved in agreement with the government and other institutions.
However, he expresses his hope that the entire system would be functional in 2012, "after additional tuning".
Šutanovac said that the "professionalization" process withing the army would bring with it "problems that were unknown to us until now and that will be a challenge to the whole system".
However, the minister took comfort in the fact Serbia was "not the first to have done so in Europe", and therefore could "make use of the best experiences of other countries".
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