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Improving cooperation, exchanging experiences in field of defence with Austria

Belgrade, 20 October 2021

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojsa Stefanovic met today with Federal Defence Minister of Austria Klaudia Tanner, who is on her first official visit to Serbia.

Stefanovic expressed gratitude to Austria on the strong support to Serbia on its European path and added that the most important foreign policy goal is membership in the EU, not only symbolically, but in the sense of reaching standards and values of the Union too.

Stefanovic underlined that cooperation between Serbia and Austria in the field of defence is also important on that path, recalling that the Agreement on military cooperation between the two governments was signed last month.

In addition to the improvement of cooperation in the field of military education and military health care, we also spoke today about the training of our special units in mountain warfare, in which Austria has exceptional experience, as well as about the continuation of cooperation in the field of CBRN defence, he said.

Tanner said that the Western Balkan countries are important for Austria not only in terms of the economy, but also in terms of security and foreign policy and underlined that the EU is not complete without the Western Balkan countries.

For that reason, Austria will continue to support Serbia and other countries of the Western Balkans in the process of EU accession, she said.

Tanner also pointed to the good cooperation of armed forces of Austria and Serbia, especially in CBRN defence training.