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New armoured vehicles for modern Serbian army, police

Velika Plana, 12 March 2017

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today that armoured vehicles "Milos" and "Lazarus" for the Serbian police and army and howitzer "Nora" for the army will make our army and police much better and with more modern equipment.

Vucic, who attended the presentation of armored vehicle "Milos" in the factory of military equipment in Velika Plana today, said that it is a powerful "4 by 4" armoured vehicle, and added that six pieces will immediately go to the police, together with machine gun 12, 7 mm, probably for the Special Anti-terrorist Unit, while the Gendarmerie will get six "Lazarus 3".

The Army of Serbia will get 12 "Lazarus" armed with cannons and howitzers "Nora" of 155 mm calibre, the Prime Minister said, stressing that 700 to 800 of these vehicles have been ordered from abroad, but we cannot produce even ten of them.

He reiterated that the government is prepared to invest €15 to 20 million in a new line of armoured vehicles of the Priboj car factory (FAP) if this factory can guarantee their production.

Military industry is important for the Serbian economy and is one of the key factors of the rapid progress of our overall economy, Vucic said.

Responding to reporters' questions, the Prime Minister said that during the Brussels dialogue the formation of the Kosovo army has never been discussed and that Serbia will never support that, nor can anyone impose a topic that is impossible for Belgrade.

On the eve of tomorrow's meeting of the National Security Council, he said that he expects to get information from all departments about what is happening in Kosovo-Metohija and the surroundings.

Certain political events are worrying, but I am sure that we will try to solve problems with diplomatic means, calmly as until now, Vucic said.

He reiterated that we need to keep peace, that Serbia is ready for dialogue and stressed that Belgrade has fulfilled 90% of what was agreed.

Our job is to find the best solution - the resumption of talks, the preservation of peace and stability, as well as the further growth and strengthening of the Serbian economy, to protect our people and our country, to make it clear that any attack on our citizens and our country would mean their defeat, Vucic concluded.