EU and NATO offer condolences after military facility blast

EU Delegation head Michael Davenport has expressed his condolences over <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/business.php?yyyy=2017&mm=03&dd=01&nav_id=100640" class="text-link" target= "_blank">Tuesday’s fatal explosions</a> at a military facility in Kragujevac, central Serbia.

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Wednesday, 01.03.2017.

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EU and NATO offer condolences after military facility blast

EU and NATO offer condolences after military facility blast

"Our deep sympathy is with all those affected and their families," the message said.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg issued a statement saying he was "saddened to hear of the explosions at the Kragujevac military facility in Serbia, which resulted in the death of at least one person, with many others injured or missing."

"My thoughts and deep sympathy are with all those affected and with the Serbian people. As the Serbian authorities are working to establish the facts of this tragedy, I want to convey NATO's solidarity at this difficult time," Stoltenberg said, and added:

"Serbia is NATO's neighbor and a valued partner. The Alliance remains committed to helping the countries of the Western Balkans, including Serbia, to safely store their weapon stocks and to destroy dangerous surplus ammunition."

The daily Danas, published in Belgrade, noted in its report about the accident that the Tehnicki Remontni Zavod (TRZ) in Kragujevac is the largest specialized institution in the Balkans for overhaul of ammunition and explosive devices.

In the mid-2000s, more than a million mines collected in the entire area of the former Yugoslavia were destroyed at the facility - a job financed by NATO.

In October last year, TZR signed a new agreement with the western military alliance to dispose of a large quantity of explosive devices, the newspaper said.

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