"Serbia backs out of Georgia drill"

A Belgrade daily says that reports about an alleged decision to send Serbian Army (VS) members to take part in a NATO exercise in Georgia are "not true".

Izvor: Blic

Sunday, 26.04.2009.

10:52

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A Belgrade daily says that reports about an alleged decision to send Serbian Army (VS) members to take part in a NATO exercise in Georgia are "not true". "The truth is that our soldiers will not go to Georgia and we have notified the Russian ambassador in Belgrade about this," a source with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Blic newspaper. "Serbia backs out of Georgia drill" The participation of VS personnel was announced earlier, and was defined by the Individual Partnership Program (IPP) with NATO, adopted by the government. The details of the program, including participation in the Georgia drills were mostly proposed by the Ministry of Defense, said the source, adding that "after the conflict in the Caucasus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a written, negative opinion on the subject of sending our soldiers to Georgia". "The Ministry of Defense agreed with this position and it is now up to the government to formally adopt changes to the IPP at the next session. This is because participation in a military exercise in a conflict region is not of paramount importance for our defense system," the daily further quoted its MFA source, who continued: "Serbia did take on certain obligations with the Individual Partnership Program for 2009 and 2010. But, the plan must adopt to foreign policy circumstances." Blic also said it had "unofficially leaned that the Ministry of Defense had decided to halt plans to send the men to Georgia on account of its saving measures". Earlier this month, Russia asked NATO to abandon plans to stage military exercises in neighboring Georgia.

"Serbia backs out of Georgia drill"

The participation of VS personnel was announced earlier, and was defined by the Individual Partnership Program (IPP) with NATO, adopted by the government.

The details of the program, including participation in the Georgia drills were mostly proposed by the Ministry of Defense, said the source, adding that "after the conflict in the Caucasus, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a written, negative opinion on the subject of sending our soldiers to Georgia".

"The Ministry of Defense agreed with this position and it is now up to the government to formally adopt changes to the IPP at the next session. This is because participation in a military exercise in a conflict region is not of paramount importance for our defense system," the daily further quoted its MFA source, who continued:

"Serbia did take on certain obligations with the Individual Partnership Program for 2009 and 2010. But, the plan must adopt to foreign policy circumstances."

Blic also said it had "unofficially leaned that the Ministry of Defense had decided to halt plans to send the men to Georgia on account of its saving measures".

Earlier this month, Russia asked NATO to abandon plans to stage military exercises in neighboring Georgia.

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