DM, U.S. ambassador visit village in central Serbia

Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac and U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Mary Warlick visited Wednesday elementary school Ivo Andrić in Pranjani.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 06.10.2010.

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Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac and U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Mary Warlick visited Wednesday elementary school Ivo Andric in Pranjani. The village is located near the town of Gornji Milanovac. The U.S. embassy donated USD 700,000 for the school's reconstruction. DM, U.S. ambassador visit village in central Serbia After visiting the school, Sutanovac and Warlick recalled that in 1944 the Pranjani residents saved the lives of 520 allied airmen who were part of WWII Operation Halyard. We are here today not only to remember the brave acts of Pranjani people, but also to build a new and firmer friendship on the foundations of the old one, Warlick said. She added that this includes both the future of the town of Pranjani, and the future of prosperous European Serbia. The visit is aimed at continuing the project Humanitarian Assistance, which consists of two parts. The first encompasses the building of a library that should bridge the two existing school buildings, while finishing a gym center, which the municipality started building several years ago, is part of the second phase. The Humanitarian Assistance project was launched in 2009, within the cooperation between the Ohio National Guard and the Serbian Armed Forces, who started working together on renovating schools and kindergartens in Lapovo, Prokuplje and the village of Trubarevac near Sokobanja, eastern Serbia.

DM, U.S. ambassador visit village in central Serbia

After visiting the school, Šutanovac and Warlick recalled that in 1944 the Pranjani residents saved the lives of 520 allied airmen who were part of WWII Operation Halyard.

We are here today not only to remember the brave acts of Pranjani people, but also to build a new and firmer friendship on the foundations of the old one, Warlick said.

She added that this includes both the future of the town of Pranjani, and the future of prosperous European Serbia.

The visit is aimed at continuing the project Humanitarian Assistance, which consists of two parts.

The first encompasses the building of a library that should bridge the two existing school buildings, while finishing a gym center, which the municipality started building several years ago, is part of the second phase.

The Humanitarian Assistance project was launched in 2009, within the cooperation between the Ohio National Guard and the Serbian Armed Forces, who started working together on renovating schools and kindergartens in Lapovo, Prokuplje and the village of Trubarevac near Sokobanja, eastern Serbia.

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