IM: Maximum security for Biden visit

Security will be ramped up to the highest level for the visit of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, says Interior Minister Ivica Dacic. Dacic has asked citizens to show understanding for the actions of police and other state organs during the visit. IM: Maximum security for Biden visit “Everyone knows fine well how security operates when there are security risks, and I’d ask citizens to show understanding for measures such as the closing of streets or bans on public gatherings during the visit, in places where the motorcade is due to pass,” the minister told reporters in Kula. Dacic and Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac were today attending a joint army and police anti-terrorist exercise at MUP’s training center, which included a simulation of an attack on VIPs. The interior minister said that Biden’s visit was a security challenge, and that the state organs responsible for security would ensure all the conditions for the visit to pass off smoothly. He said that the police and security services had been preparing for the U.S. vice-president’s visit for some days. “I get the impression that members of the public don’t understand adequately, or haven’t had it sufficiently explained to them, what security measures mean when it comes to certain events or individuals,” said Dacic. The minister said that Serbia had an international obligation to all foreign officials, and that this was why the police and other state institutions would be fulfilling those obligations. Ivica Dacic (FoNet, archive)

IM: Maximum security for Biden visit

“Everyone knows fine well how security operates when there are security risks, and I’d ask citizens to show understanding for measures such as the closing of streets or bans on public gatherings during the visit, in places where the motorcade is due to pass,” the minister told reporters in Kula.

Dačić and Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac were today attending a joint army and police anti-terrorist exercise at MUP’s training center, which included a simulation of an attack on VIPs.

The interior minister said that Biden’s visit was a security challenge, and that the state organs responsible for security would ensure all the conditions for the visit to pass off smoothly.

He said that the police and security services had been preparing for the U.S. vice-president’s visit for some days.

“I get the impression that members of the public don’t understand adequately, or haven’t had it sufficiently explained to them, what security measures mean when it comes to certain events or individuals,” said Dačić.

The minister said that Serbia had an international obligation to all foreign officials, and that this was why the police and other state institutions would be fulfilling those obligations.