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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

Ground safety zone in southern Serbia stable

Medvedja, 14 January 2008

The Serbian Ministry of Interior stated that Minister of Interior Dragan Jocic, together with Chief of Police Milorad Veljovic, Commander of Gendarmerie General Borivoje Tesic, Head of the Police Directorate General Mladen Kuribak and Deputy President of the Coordinating Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja Nenad Popovic, visited the police department Medevce near Medvedja and police and gendarmerie forces in the ground safety zone on the administrative border with Kosovo-Metohija.

The statement adds that the aim of the visit was to evaluate the state of readiness of police and gendarmerie units, as well as their living conditions and work. These units are engaged in preventing illegal crossings of the administrative line, terrorist attacks, smuggling weapons, ammunition and consumer goods.

Jocic visited ten police and gendarmerie checkpoints and bases in Medvedja, Bujanovac and Presevo municipalities and said that the situation in the ground safety zone in southern Serbia is stable as only two incidents were recorded in 2007.

He voiced hope that the situation will remain the same in 2008.

We believe that the police and gendarmerie are taking good care of the safety of all Serbian citizens and ensuring complete safety not only in the ground safety zone but also on the entire territory of Serbia, Jocic told the press following a visit to the gendarmerie base Usi near Bujanovac.

According to Jocic, the Ministry and all its members are doing their job in a professional manner and are ready to immediately carry out any order of the state top officials.

Chief of Police Milorad Veljovic said that gendarmerie carries out its duties in the ground safety zone properly and responsibly and thus shows that the Ministry of Interior is "the pillar of the state".

Deputy President of the Coordinating Body for southern Serbia Nenad Popovic stressed that police and gendarmerie forces guarantee safety in this area and pointed out the necessity of procuring more funds so that checkpoints can be better equipped.

At midnight, Jocic was at the Kozjak base and congratulated the Serbian New Year to gendarmes and their families, stressing that it is his honour and privilege to spend the New Year’s Eve with members of the unit that successfully performs the responsible task of preserving the peace, adds the statement.