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Kontakt ambasada NATO-aNATO Contact Point Embassy

Broj: 5/2015

EMBASSY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC IN BELGRADE

No./Broj: 5/2015. May/Maj 2015

Partnership Newsletter

The Slovak Atlantic Commission in coopera-

tion with the Embassy of the Slovak Republic

in Belgrade and with the support of the Mi-

nistry of Foreign and European Affairs of the

Slovak Republic regularly prepares a monthly

summary of events in the form of a newslet-

ter, concerning the relations of Serbia and

NATO, NATO and the Western Balkan coun-

tries as well as the Slovak-Serbian bilateral

relations. The aim of these publications is to

inform the expert community and public

about these activities, and to inform about

the work of the Embassy of the Slovak Repub-

lic in Belgrade, which fulfils the mandate as

NATO Contact Point Embassy in Serbia for

years 2013-2016. The newsletter is published in

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Contents/Sadržaj

Members of Serbian Armed

Forces Participate in the Military

Excercise „Combined Resolve“

in Germany.

Pripadnici Vojske Republike

Srbije su učestvovali na vojnoj

vežbi ,,Kombinovana od-

lučnost´´ u Nemačkoj.

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Meeting of the NATO Foreign

Ministers in Turkey.

Sastanak NATO ministara

spoljnih poslova u Turskoj. 3

International Military Logistical

Exercise — LOGEX 15.

Međunarodna logistička

vojna vežba - LOGEX 15. 4

NATO Secretary General Jens

Stoltenberg met with Russian

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Generalni sekretar NATO Jens

Stoltenberg se sastao sa

ruskim ministrom spoljnih

poslova Sergejem Lavrovom.

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Chief of the General Staff of

the Serbian Armed Forces at

Meetings of the NATO Military

Committee and the EU Military

Committee.

Načeln ik Generalš taba

Vojske Srbije na sastanku

Vojnog komiteta NATO

i Vojnog komiteta EU.

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NATO Chiefs of Defence Dis-

cussed the Readiness Action

Plan, Ukraine and the Way

ahead for Missions and Opera-

tions.

Šefovi odbrane NATO diskuto-

vali o Akcionom planu pri-

p r e m l j e n o s t i , U k r a j i n i

i predstojećem putu za misije

i operacije.

8

International Defence and Se-

curity Technologies Fair – IDET,

Took Place in Brno.

Međunarodni sajam odbram-

benih i bezbednosnih

tehnologija – IDET, održan

u Brnu.

9

Cooperation between Serbia

and the US in the Area of De-

fence.

Saradnja Srbije i SAD u oblasti

odbrane. 10

Conference of Balkan Coun-

tries’ Chiefs of Defence.

Konferencija šefova odbrana

zemalja Balkana. 10

‘’Balkan Response’’ to the

Threat of CBRN Terrorism

(analysis).

,,Balkanski odgovor´´ na

pretnju ABH teror izma

(analiza)

11

Chairman of the NATO Military

Committee meets with Asia-

Pacific Military Leaders during

the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Predsedavajući Vojnog

komiteta NATO se sastao sa

azijsko-pacifičkim vojnim lid-

erima tokom Dijaloga Šangri-

La.

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sledite nas na @PBilten. #NCPESerbia

https://twitter.com/pbilten

https://twitter.com/pbilten


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Members of Serbian Armed Forces Participate in the

Military Exercise „Combined Resolve“ in Germany.

May 9, 2015

Members of the infantry company of the 3rd Army Bri-

gade of the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) participate in

the international military exercise “Combined Resolve”

in Germany, organized by the „European Command of

the US Army in Europe“ (EUCOM) from May 9 till June 4,

2015. The exercise takes place at the Multinational

Training Command's Training Center in Hohenfels. Alto-

gether 100 members of the 31st infantry battalion from

Zaječar are practicing methods and procedures in

conducting offence and defence operations, urban

warfare, evacuation of wounded and driving Humvee

vehicles. The infantry company of the 3rd Brigade

headed by Captain Vladica Stanković was attached

to a multinational unit together with their colleagues

from the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Meeting of the NATO Foreign Ministers in Turkey.

May 14, 2015

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of NATO member countries

met on May 13 – 14, 2015 in Antalya, Turkey to discuss

most imminent challenges the Alliance is facing both to

the east and to the south together with partners and

organizations including EU. The ministerial meeting took

place in Turkey on purpose – it demonstrated, that

though the Alli-

ance is pre-

occupied by the

conflict in Ukraine

but does not for-

get also about

threats emerging

from the south –

including extrem-

ist so-called

“Islamic State”

and influx of ille-

gal migration.

These were also

main topics of

discussion – situa-

tion in Ukraine,

Syria, Iraq and Libya. Ministers also discussed the future

of the training and mentoring mission in Afghanistan

after 2016. The ministerial was attended also by the EU

Foreign and Security High Representative Frederica

Mogherini, who informed NATO about the suggestion

of launching military operation to fight human traffick-

ers in the Mediterranean Sea and asked the Alliance to

contribute with military capabilities for this operation.

Pripadnici Vojske Srbije učestvovali na vojnoj

vežbi ,,Kombinovana odlučnost´´ u Nemačkoj.

9. maj 2015.

Pripadnici pešadijske čete 3. brigade Vojske Srbije

(VS) učestvuju u medjunarodnoj vojnoj

vežbi ,,Kombinovana odlučnost´´ u Nemačkoj, koju

organizuje Komanda evropskih snaga SAD (EUCOM)

od 9. maja do 4. juna 2015. Vežba se održava

u multinacionalnom komandom centru za obuku

u Hoenfelsu. Ukupno 100 vojnika iz sastava 31. pešadij-

skog bataljona iz Zaječara uvežbava metode

i procedure vršenja ofanzivnih i defanzivnih operacija,

urbanog ratovanja, evakuacije ranjenika

i vožnje ,,hamvi´´ terenaca. Pešadijska četa 3. briga-

de kojom komanduje kapetan Vladica Stanković pri-

ključena je multinacionalnoj jednici sa kolegama iz

Češke i Hrvatske.

Sastanak NATO ministara spoljnih poslova u Turskoj.

14. maj 2015.

Ministri spoljnih poslova NATO članica su se sastali 13.

i 14. maja 2015. u Antaliji, Turskoj kako bi diskutovali

o najbližim izazovima sa kojim se Alijansa suočava za-

jedno sa svojim partnerima i organizacijama poput

EU, kako na istoku, tako i na jugu. Sastanak ministara

se odigrao u Turskoj namerno – čime je demonstirano

da iako je Alijansa preokupirana konfliktom u Ukrajini,

ona ne zaboravl-

ja na pretnje koje

nastaju na jugu –

uključujući ekstre-

mističku tzv.

,,Islamsku državu´´

i priliv ilegalnih

imigranata. Ovo

su takođe bile

i glavne teme raz-

govora – situacija

u Ukrajini, Siriji, Ira-

ku i Libiji. Ministri su

takođe diskutovali

o budućnosti

mentorsko-

obučavajuće mi-

sije u Avganistanu nakon 2016. Sastanku je takodje

prisustvovala Visoka predstavnica EU za spoljnu

i bezbednosnu politiku Federika Mogerini, koja je oba-

vestila NATO o predlogu za pokretanje vojne operaci-

je protiv lica koja se bave trgovinom ljudima

u Mediteranu i pozvala Alijansu da doprinese ovoj

operaciji svojim vojnim sposobnostima.


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Ministers discussed also response to growing threat

from the east – called for speeding-up decision-making

of the Alliance, sharpening up intelligence sharing and

strengthening cyber defence, because hybrid warfare,

the Allies face today, combines different types of

threats, including conventional, subversion, cyber and

sophisticated disinformation and radicalization cam-

paigns. The best weapon the NATO has at hand

against disinformation is according to the NATO Secre-

tary General Jens Stoltenberg – “information, based on

our values of democracy, freedom of speech and

open societies”. In this respect the United Kingdom an-

nounced that it is launching a new Trust Fund to sup-

port the strategic communications.

Another challenge is to support our partners as they

strengthen their defences, because if Alliance’s neigh-

bours are more stable also Allies are more secure. Min-

isters therefore agreed to do more for Alliance’s neigh-

bours and with its neighbours. One of concrete exam-

ples is strengthening cooperation with Finland and

Sweden, who are not members of NATO, but share

their values as well as face the same threats. More co-

operation in the Baltic Sea and more military exercises

with these countries will take place throughout the

year.

So, with greater NATO readiness, more support to its

neighbours, and enhanced cooperation with EU, NATO

can help stabilize its neighbours to the East and to the

South.

The NATO ministerial in Antalya also paved the way for

the up-coming Alliance’s summit, which will take place

in Warsaw next year on July 8 – 9.

International Military Logistical Exercise - LOGEX 15.

May 15, 2015

From May 4 - 15, 2015 a two

-week-long international

command staff logistical

exercise LOGEX 15 took

place in Banjica 2 barracks

in Belgrade, Serbia. The ex-

ercise was organized in co-

operation with the Europe-

an Command of the US Ar-

my (EUCOM) together with

representatives of the Joint

Staff of the US Armed Forc-

es, NATO Commands,

agencies and partner

countries. International ex-

ercise LOGEX takes place every 2 years, it was orga-

nized in Serbia for the first time and it is one of the big-

gest military exercise this year in Serbia.

Ministri su takođe diskutovali o odgovorima na rastuću

pretnju sa istoka – pozivajući na ubrzanje procesa do-

nošenja odluka u Alijansi, pooštravanje procedure

razmene informacija i jačanje sajber bezbednosti s

obzirom na to da hibridno ratovanje sa kojim se Ali-

jansa danas suočava kombinuje različite tipove pre-

tnji, uključujući konvencionalne, subverzivne, sajber

i sofisticirane kampanje dezinformisanja

i radikalizovanja. Prema generalnom sekretaru NATO

Jensu Stoltenbergu, najbolje oružje koje NATO ima na

raspolaganju protiv dezinformacija jeste „informisanje

utemeljeno na vrednostima demokratije, slobode

govora i otvorenog društva“. U ovom smislu je Ujed-

njeno Kraljevstvo objavilo da pokreće novi ,,Trust´´

fond za podršku strateškim komunikacijama.

Drugi izazov je podrška našim partnerima dok jačaju

svoje odbrane, jer ukoliko su susedi Alijanse stabilniji,

i saveznici će biti bezbedniji. Ministri su se stoga sagla-

sili da učine više za susede Alijanse. Jedan od kon-

kretnih primera je jačanje saradnje sa Finskom

i Švedskom, koje nisu članice NATO, ali dele njegove

vrednosti i suočavaju se sa istim pretnjama. Više sa-

radnje u Baltičkom moru i više vojnih vežbi sa ovim

državama će biti preduzeto tokom godine.

Sa povećanom pripremljenošću NATO-a, više podrške

za susede i osnaženom saradnjom sa EU, NATO može

pomoći svojim susedima na istoku i jugu da se stabili-

zuju.

Susret NATO ministara u Antaliji je takođe utro put do-

lazećem samitu Alijanse, zakazanom za period od 8.

do 9. jula sledeće godine u Varšavi.

Međunarodna logistička vojna vežba - LOGEX 15.

15. maj 2015.

U periodu od 4. do 15. ma-

ja 2015. održana je dvone-

deljna medjunarodna ko-

mandno-štabna logistička

vežba LOGEX 15 u kasarni

Batajnica 2 u Beogradu,

Srbija. Vežba je organizo-

vana u saradnji sa

Evropskom komandom

vojske SAD (EUCOM), za-

jedno sa predstavnicima

Objedinjenog štaba vojske

SAD, NATO komande,

agencija i partnerskih ze-

malja. Međunarodna

vežba LOGEX održava se

na svake 2 godine, a ovo je prvi put da se održava

u Srbiji.


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Total of 122 officers, NCOs and civilians from the Armed

Forces of Sweden, Finland, Albania, Bosnia and Herze-

govina, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Moldova

and Serbia directly participated in the exercise, with

representatives of Armenia participating as observers.

The exercise was organized under the auspices of the

Department of Logistics of the General Staff of the Ser-

bian Armed Forces (SAF), under the command of Brig-

adier General Željko Ninković and the director of the

exercise MAJ Joshua Anderson (US Army).

The focus of this year’s exercise LOGEX, entitled

“Logistic support of multinational special purpose forc-

es in the operation responding to crises and preserving

peace” is on preparation and deployment of special

forces units at multinational brigade level in operation

of crisis management abroad, under the United Na-

tions flag, with an emphasis on the development of

multinational logistics support. Goal of the exercise was

to train cooperation in conditions of the multinational

peacekeeping operation and to boost interoperability

of participating armed forces in area of logistics. The

exercise was also used to improve knowledge of the

concept of multinational logistics support to overview

the work of the logistics staff and units in the multina-

tional environment, and to find and overcome differ-

ences in procedures of participating states. NATO

standards are used within the exercise.

The exercise draw attention of also highest Serbian off-

cials and representatives of 22 countries as well as the

NATO Liaison Office, who visited the exercise during the

VIP Day. The exercise was visited by the Prime Minister

of Serbia Aleksandar

Vučić, Minister of De-

fence Bratislav Gašić,

Chief of the General

Staff of the Serbian

Armed Forces General

Ljubiša Diković, US Am-

bassador to Serbia Mi-

chael Kirby and other

ambassadors accredit-

ed in Serbia.

The Minister of defence

Mr. Gašić in his speech

to participating soldiers

and visiting partners

stressed that the Part-

nership for Peace is a

wide framework for improvement of cooperation and

advancement of interoperability not only with the

countries in the region, but also with armed forces of

NATO members, and that this was important for realiza-

tion of tasks in multinational operations.

Ukupno 122 oficira, podoficira i civila iz oružanih sna-

ga Švedske, Finske, Albanije, Bosne i Hercegovine,

Makedonije, Hrvatske, Crne Gore, Moldavije i Srbije je

direktno učestvovalo u vežbi, a učesnici iz Jermenije

su bili prisutni kao posmatrači.

Vežba je organizovana pod okriljem Odeljenja logisti-

ke Generalštaba Vojske Srbije, pod komandom bri-

gadnog generala Željka Ninkovića i direktora vežbe

majora Džošue Andersona (Vojska SAD).

Fokus ovogodišnje vežbe LOGEX pod naslo-

vom ,,Logistička podrška multinacionalnim jedinica-

ma specijalne namene u operacijama odgovora na

krize i zaštite mira´´ bio je na pripremi i razmeštanju

specijalnih jedinica na nivou multinacionalne brigade

u operaciju upravljanja krizom u inostranstvu, pod za-

stavom UN, sa naglaskom na razvoj multinacionalne

logističke podrške. Cilj vežbe bio je obuka saradnje

u uslovima multinacionalne mirovne misije

i unapređenje interoperabilnosti oružanih snaga koje

učestvuju u logističkoj zoni. Vežba je takodje upotrebl-

jena za unapređenje znanja u konceptu multinacio-

nalne logističke podrške radi prikaza rezultata rada

logističkog osoblja i jedinica u multinacionalnoj sred-

ini, kao i radi pronalaženja i prevazilaženja razlika

u procedurama zemalja učesnica. NATO standardi su

korišćeni tokom vežbe.

Vežba je privukla pažnju najviših srpskih zvaničnika

i predstavnika 22 zemlje, kao i NATO kancelarije, koji

su posetili vežbu tokom VIP dana. Vežbu je posetio

premijer Srbije Aleksandar Vučić, ministar odbrane

Bratislav Gašić, načelnik Generalštaba Ljubiša Diković,

američki am-

basador u Srbiji

Majkl Kirbi

i drugi am-

basadori akre-

ditovani

u Srbiji. Ministar

odbrane Gašić

je u svom ob-

raćanju vojni-

cima učesnici-

ma

i partnerima

posetiocima

istakao da

Partnerstvo za

mir predstavlja

širok okvir za unapređenje saradnje i napredak intero-

parbilnosti ne samo sa zemljama regiona, nego i sa

oružanim snagama NATO članica, a to je važno

u realizaciji zadataka u multinacionalnim operacija-

ma.


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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Rus-

sian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

May 19, 2015

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with the

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr.

Sergey Lavrov and they discussed most pressing issues -

situation in Ukraine being the most important one. Mr.

Stoltenberg re-stated the very strong NATO’s position

on the illegal annexation of Crimea, but also on very

serious situation in the eastern Ukraine. Mr. Stoltenberg

underlined the importance of full implementation of

the Minsk Agreements - meaning respect for the

ceasefire, full implementation of the ceasefire, the

withdrawal of heavy weapons and of course full ac-

cess for the OSCE monitors so they can monitor the im-

plementation of the ceasefire.

NATO Secretary General also called on Russia to with-

draw all its troops and support for the separatists. Both

high officials also discussed the importance of transpar-

ency and predictability especially in a situation where

there is an increased military presence along mutual

borders. For NATO it is important to do whatever it can

to avoid that the incidents and the situation is spiraling

out of control. Therefore the Alliance is very focused on

transparency related to all its exercises and is fully

transpar-

ent,

when it

comes to

when

and

where

NATO is

going to

conduct

its military

exercises.

Secretary

General

Stolten-

berg also

under-

lined that

NATO

and Russia should strive for even more transparency

and predictability and that the Alliance is concerned

about the large numbers of snap exercises conducted

by Russia because this decreases transparency and

predictability. These snap exercises, the numbers but

also the size of them, reduce predictability and trans-

parency along mutual borders and he thinks that also

Russia should be more transparent when it comes to its

military activities.

Generalni sekretar NATO Jens Stoltenberg se sastao

sa ruskim ministrom spoljnih poslova Sergejem Lavro-

vom.

19. maj 2015.

Generalni sekretar NATO Jens Stoltenberg se sastao

sa ministrom spoljnih poslova Ruske Federacije Ser-

gejem Lavrovom i diskutovao o najozbiljnijim proble-

mima – od čega je situacija u Ukrajini najvažniji.

Stoltenberg je ponovio veoma jaku poziciju NATO-a

o ilegalnoj aneksiji Krima, ali i o veoma ozbiljnoj situ-

aciji u istočnoj Ukrajini. Stoltenberg je istakao značaj

pune implementacije dogovora iz Minska, što podra-

zumeva poštovanje prekida vatre, punu implemen-

taciju prekida vatre, povlačenje teškog naoružanja

i naravno pun pristup posmatrača iz OEBS-a kako bi

mogli da nadziru implementaciju primirja.

Generalni sekretar NATO je takođe pozvao Rusiju da

povuče sve svoje trupe i obustavi podršku separatisti-

ma. Oba visoka predstavnika su diskutovala

o značaju transparentnosti i predvidljivosti, posebno

u situaciji uvećanog vojnog prisustva na granicama.

Za NATO je važno da učini sve što može kako bi spre-

čio da se incidenti

i situacija otrgnu kontroli.

Stoga je Alijansa jako

fokusirana na transpa-

rentnost vezanu za sve

vežbe i potpuno je tran-

sparentna u pogledu

pitanja kada i gde će

NATO vršiti vežbe.

Generalni sekretar

Stoltenberg je takodje

istakao da bi NATO

i Rusija morali težiti još

većoj transparaentnosti

i predvidljivosti, kao i da

je Alijansa zabrinuta zbog velikog broja instant vežbi

koje Rusija organizuje jer one smanjuju transparen-

tnost i predvidljivost. Ove instant vežbe, kako svojim

brojem, tako i svojom veličinom, smanjuju predvidlji-

vost i transparentnost duž zajedničkih granica i on

smatra da bi Rusija morala biti transparentnija kada

se radi o njenim vojnim aktivnostima.


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NATO have practically suspended all military coopera-

tion with Russia as a response to their actions in Crimea

and Ukraine. But they keep lines of political contacts

open and both - NATO and Russia - stressed im-

portance of having direct lines of also military commu-

nication, that can also contribute to more predictabil-

ity and avoiding any misunderstandings. NATO Secre-

tary General met Minister Lavrov in Munich earlier this

year and this was already second such meeting this

yeas, plus there are regular contacts on both the diplo-

matic and political level between NATO and Russia.

The communication between the two continues, but

positions are quite antagonistic.

Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces

at Meetings of the NATO Military Committee and the EU

Military Committee.

May 20, 2015

Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces

(SAF) General Ljubiša Diković attended during his visit

to Brussels the meeting of the European Union Military

Committee on May 19 and the NATO Military Commit-

tee on May 20, 2015.

The meeting of the EU Military Committee was dedicat-

ed to training and advisory missions of the EU, and was

attended by chiefs of general staff of the EU Member

States, as well as Canada, Moldova, Georgia, Switzer-

land, Ukraine, Montenegro and Serbia, and the com-

manders of EU training missions presented their experi-

ences and the problems they faced in the course of

their engagement.

SAF currently participate in the

multinational EU training mission in

Somalia (EUTM- Somalia), the Euro-

pean naval force operation in So-

malia (EUNAVFOR Somalia - Oper-

ation ATALANTA) and the EU train-

ing mission for Malian Armed and

Security Sector Forces (EUTM - Ma-

li). The Serbian Armed Forces took

also part in the EU military opera-

tion in the Central African Repub-

lic (EUFOR - RCA), which was completed on March 15,

2015.

The next day, General Diković attended the meeting

of the NATO Military Committee. The main topics of the

meeting were participation of partner countries in

NATO exercises and the roles of joint exercises in the

development of interoperability of armed forces of

partner countries. The upcoming exercises that will be

organized by NATO were also presented at the meet-

ing.

NATO je praktično suspendovao svu vojnu saradnju sa

Rusijom u znak odgovora na njene akcije na Krimu i u

Ukrajini. Ali linije političkih komunikacija su otvorene,

a i NATO i Rusija su saglasni da je važno otvoriti i linije

vojnog komuniciranja, što bi moglo doprineti većoj

predvidljivosti i umanjenju nesporazuma. Generalni

sekretar NATO se sastao sa ministrom Lavrovom

u Minhenu ranije ove godine, a ovo je bio drugi takav

sastanak ove godine. Uz to, postoje regularni kontakti

na političkom i diplomatskom nivou između NATO

i Rusije. Komunikacija izmedju dve strane se nastavlja,

ali su njihove pozicije izuzetno antagonističke.

Načelnik Generalštaba Vojske Srbije na sastanku Voj-

nog komiteta NATO i Vojnog komiteta EU.

20. maj 2015.

Načelnik Generalštaba Vojske Srbije (VS) general Lju-

biša Diković prisustvovao je tokom svoje posete Brise-

lu sastanku Vojnog komiteta Evropske unije 19. maja

i sastanku Vojnog komiteta NATO 20. maja 2015.

Sastanak Vojnog komiteta EU je bio posvećen misija-

ma obučavanja i savetovanja pod okriljem EU i na

njemu su bili prisutni načelnici generalštabova zemal-

ja članica EU, kao i Kanade, Moldavije, Gruzije, Švaj-

carske, Ukrajine, Crne Gore i Srbije, a komandanti EU

misija obučavanja su predstavili svoja iskustva

i probleme sa kojim su se suočavali tokom službovan-

ja.

Vojska Srbije trenutno učestvuje

u multinacionalnoj misiji EU pružanja

obuke u Somaliji (EUTM Somalija),

pomorskoj misiji EU u Somaliji

(EUNAVFOR Somalija – operacija

ATALANTA) i misiji EU pružanja obuke

vojsci Malija i snagama bezbednos-

nog sektora (EUTM - Mali). VS je ta-

kodje učestvovala u misiji EU

u Centralnoafričkoj republici (EUFOR

- RCA), što je okončano 15. marta 2015.

Sledećeg dana, general Diković je prisustvovao

sastanku Vojnog komiteta NATO. Glavne teme

sastanka su bile učešće partnera u NATO vežbama

i uloge združenih vežbi u razvoju interoperabilnosti oru-

žanih snaga partnerskih zemalja. Predstojeće vežbe

koje će organizovati NATO su takođe predstavljene

na sastanku.


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After the meeting of the Military Committee, General

Diković met with Deputy Supreme Allied Commander

of NATO in Europe (SACEUR) General Sir Adrian John

Bradshaw. The two generals exchanged opinions on

the security situation in the region of the Western Bal-

kans.

NATO Chiefs of Defence Discussed the Readiness Ac-

tion Plan, Ukraine and the way ahead for Missions and

Operations.

May 21, 2015

During the two-day Military Committee meeting, the 28

Allied Chiefs of Defence exchanged views on the cur-

rent and future security challenges facing the Alliance,

and provided clear and decisive military advice to

North Atlantic Council ahead of the NATO Defence

Ministers’ meeting next month (June 24 – 25, 2015).

The 173rd Military Committee in Chiefs of Defence Ses-

sion took place at an important time for the Alliance,

amidst the “new and constantly evolving security envi-

ronment which I believe has become the new

norm” General Knud Bartels, Chairman of the NATO

Military Committee emphasized during his press confer-

ence.

The NATO Chiefs of Defence discussed the challenges

emanating from both the Eastern and Southern flanks

and the need for NATO to continue to adapt and en-

sure all Allies were secure against any threat. “We have

improved our situational awareness and intelligence,

we are speeding up our decision making, exploring

new ways of working with our international partners

and we are imple-

menting the big-

gest reinforcement

of our collective

defence since the

end of the Cold

War with the Read-

iness Action Plan

(RAP). And we are

also increasing the

readiness and

availability of the

whole of our

Armed Forces, spearheaded by the ‘Very High Readi-

ness Joint Task Force‘ (VJTF), which will become fully

operational in 2016”, added General Bartels.

The NATO Chiefs of Defence used the opportunity of

the meeting with Ukraine to reiterate their full support

for the nation’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as

there was continued concern with the increase in

cease-fire violations by Russian backed separatists, the

use of heavy weapons and the continued Russian sup-

port for separatists.

Nakon sastanka Vojnog komiteta, general Diković se

sastao sa zamenikom vrhovnog komandanta NATO

snaga u Evropi (SACEUR) generalom ser Adrianom

Džonom Bredšouom. Dvojica generala su razmenila

mišljenja o bezbednosnoj situaciji u regionu Zapadnog

Balkana.

Šefovi odbrane NATO diskutovali o Akcionom planu

pripremljenosti, Ukrajini i predstojećem putu za misije

i operacije.

21. maj 2015.

Tokom dvodnevnog sastanka Vojnog komiteta, 28

savezničkih šefova odbrana je razmenilo stavove

o trenutnim i budućim izazovima sa kojim će se Ali-

jansa suočiti i predstavilo jasne i odlučne vojne savete

Severnoatlantskom savetu pred dolazeći sastanak

ministara odbrana NATO zakazanom za sledeći

mesec (24-25. jun 2015). 173. sesija Vojnog komiteta

šefova odbrana je održana u značajno vreme za Ali-

jansu, u sred ,,nove i konstantno evoluirajuće bezbed-

nosne sredine za koju verujem da je postala novo pra-

vilo´´, kako je to istakao general Knud Bartels, predse-

davajući Vojnog komiteta NATO, na konferenciji za

štampu.

Šefovi odbrana NATO su diskutovali o izazovima koji

izviru kako na istočnim, tako i na južnim bokovima

i o potrebi da NATO nastavi da usvaja i osigurava sve

saveznike prema svim pretnjama.

,,Unapredili smo našu situacionu svest

i informacije, ubrzavamo svoje donošenje

odluka, istražujemo nove načine za sa-

radnju sa našim internacionalnim partne-

rima i implementiramo najveće pojačan-

je naše kolektivne odbrane još od kraja

Hladnog rata kroz Akcioni plan pripreml-

jenosti (RAP). Takođe uvećavamo sprem-

nost i dostupnost naših oružanih snaga

kao celine, kroz Združenu borbenu grupu

vrlo visoke borbene gotovosti (VJTF) koja će biti ope-

rativna 2016´´, dodao je general Bartels. Šefovi odbra-

na NATO su iskoristili priliku da tokom sastanka iskažu

svoju punu podršku suverenitetu i teritorijalnom integri-

tetu Ukrajine, usled kontinuirane zabrinutosti povodom

povećanja broja povreda primirja od strane separatis-

ta koje podržava Rusija, upotrebe teškog naoružanja

i kontinuirane podrške Rusije separatistimna.


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The meeting with NATO’s partner nations allowed the

28 Defence Chiefs to highlight the importance of

strengthening NATO’s partnerships by working and ex-

ercising together in order to increase the interoperabil-

ity. “Partnerships are, and will continue to be, essential

to the way NATO works. Partners have served with us in

Afghanistan, Kosovo, and other operations, sacrificing

alongside Alliance troops, and work with us in combat-

ing terrorism and piracy”,noted the Chairman of the

NATO Military Committee.

Finally, the Defence Chiefs reaffirmed their solid com-

mitment to the current NATO missions, commending

the KFOR mission on its progress and discussing the

challenges that still lay ahead in Afghanistan, the on-

going Resolute Support Mission to train, advise and as-

sistant the Afghan security forces and institu-

tions,. “NATO is the strongest military alliance in the

world and its missions and operations have, and contin-

ue to, contribute to global peace and stabil-

ity”, concluded General Bartels.

International Defence and Security Technologies Fair –

IDET, Took Place in Brno.

May 21, 2015

The International Defence and Security Technologies

Fair (IDET) took place in Brno, Czech Republic on May

19 – 21, 2015. IDET is a defence and security fair orga-

nized in Brno, Czech Republic every second year – al-

ternating with IDEB, which takes place in Bratislava, Slo-

vakia. Both fairs have tradition of pooling exhibitors –

defence industry - from the whole central European

region with predominant presence of Visegrad 4 based

companies. At this year’s IDET participated around 450

companies from 22 countries.

The Slovak Defence industry presented for the first time

to the public the 155 mm (52 .cal) light carried howitzer

named “EVA”, which is being produced by

KONŠTRUKTA – Defence

(member of the DMD

Group). The light carried

howitzer Eva was unveiled by

the Slovak Minister of De-

fence Mr. Martin Glváč dur-

ing the 1st day of the IDET in

Brno. Apart from that the Slo-

vak defence industry was

represented by already tradi-

tional pieces of military hard-

ware, that is already being used by the Slovak Armed

Forces – such as self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2; ar-

moured vehicle IVECO LMV with Slovakia made spe-

cial weapon turret; command and control vehicle of

the artillery battery with system DELOSYS etc.

Sastanak NATO partnera je pružio 28-orici šefova od-

brana da istaknu značaj jačanja NATO partnerstava

kroz zajednički rad i vežbe u cilju podizanja intero-

perabilnosti. ,,Partnerstva jesu i nastaviće da budu

esencijalni način funkcionisanja NATO. Partneri su sa

nama služili u Avganistanu, Kosovu i drugim operacija-

ma, žrtvujući zajedno sa Alijansom vojnike, i rade sa

nama na suprotstavljanju terorizmu i piratstvu´´, prime-

tio je predsedavajući Vojnog komiteta NATO.

Konačno, šefovi odbrana su potvrdili svoju čvrstu po-

svećenost trenutnim misijama NATO, komentarišući

KFOR misiju i njen progres, i diskutujući o izazovima koji

još uvek predstoje Avganistanu kroz tekuću misiju Od-

lučna podrška za obuku, savetovanje i asistiranje

avganistanskim snagama bezbednosti i institucijama.

,,NATO je najjače vojno savezništvo na svetu i njegove

misije i operacije jesu i nastaviće da doprinose global-

nom miru i stabilnosti´´, zaključio je general Bartels.

Međunarodni sajam odbrambenih i bezbednosnih

tehnologija – IDET, održan u Brnu.

21. maj 2015.

Međunarodni sajam odbrambenih i bezbednosnih

tehnogloija (IDET) održan je u Brnu, Republika Češka,

u periodu od 19. do 21. maja 2015. IDET je odbrambe-

no-bezbednosni sajam koji se u Brnu, Češkoj organizu-

je na svake dve godine, paralelno sa IDEB, koji se odr-

žava u Bratisalvi, Slovačka. Oba sajma imaju tradiciju

objedinjavanja izlagača iz odbrambene industrije iz

cele centralne Evrope sa dominantnim prisustvom

kompanija iz grupe Višegrad 4. Na ovogodišnjem IDET

-u je učestvovalo oko 450 kompanija iz 22 zemlje.

Slovačka odbrambena industrija je prvi put javno pri-

kazala laku noseću haubicu ,,EVA´´

od 155 mm (52 kalibra), koju proizvo-

di KONŠTRUKTA – Defence (članica

DMD grupe). Laku noseću haubicu je

otkrio slovački ministar odbrane Mar-

tin Glvač tokom prvog dana IDET-a

u Brnu. Osim toga, slovačku odbram-

benu industriju su predstavljali već

tradicionalni primerci vojnog hardve-

ra, koje već koristi Vojska Slovačke –

samohodna haubica Zuzana 2,

oklopna vozila IVECO LMV sa specjalnom borbenom

kupolom slovačke proizvodnje, vozilo artiljerijske bate-

rije za komandu i kontrolu sa sistemom DELOSYS.


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Cooperation between Serbia and the US. in the Area of

Defence.

May 26, 2015

Head of the International Military Cooperation Depart-

ment Captain (Navy) Milan Konjikovac and U.S. De-

fense Attaché Colonel Taft Blackburn signed on May

26, 2015 at the Ministry of Defence of Serbia the Bilat-

eral Military Cooperation Plan for 2016.

With the signed Plan, key areas of cooperation of the

Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces with

the United States European Command in the next peri-

od have been defined, where the most prominent are

the continuation of joint work on the development of

the Base South (JUG), participation in international mili-

tary exercises, and joint training of members of the two

Armed Forces.

Captain (N) Konjikovac and Colonel Blackburn also

stated that he bilateral military cooperation and ex-

change of knowledge and practices between the Min-

istry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia and the Unit-

ed States European Command greatly contributed to

the improvement of operational and functional capa-

bilities on both sides. In this sense, they particularly em-

phasized that signed Plan consists of activities that re-

flect requests of from Serbian military units, Ministry of

Defence and the General Staff of the Serbian Armed

Forces, in accordance with the capabilities of the Unit-

ed States European Command and the Ohio National

Guard.

Conference of Balkan Countries’ Chiefs of Defence.

May 28, 2015

The 9th Balkan Countries’ Chiefs of Defence Confer-

ence took place on May 27 – 28, 2015 in Budva, Mon-

tenegro. The conference was open by the host - Chief

of the General Staff of Montenegro Admiral Dragan

Samardžić.

The Conference is an important

initiative for strengthening military

cooperation among the Balkan

countries. The main activities of

this initiative are training and edu-

cation that is activities through

which the required level of in-

teroperability of forces is achieved

and which allow for joint actions in

various crisis-response situations.

Special emphasis was placed on

cooperation in combating and preventing situations

caused by natural disasters, since these are countries

that have lately faced serious problems of this kind in

the region.

Saradnja Srbije i SAD u oblasti odbrane.

26. maj 2015.

Načelnik Odeljenja za međunarodnu vojnu saradnju

kapetan bojnog broda Milan Konjikovac i američki

ataše za bezbednost pukovnik Taft Blekburn potpisali

su 26. maja 2015. u Ministarstvu odbrane Srbije plan za

bilateralnu vojnu saradnju za 2016.

Sa potpisanim Planom, ključne oblasti saradnje Minis-

tarstva odbrane i Vojske Srbije sa Komandom snaga

SAD za Evropu u narednom periodu su definisane, pri

čemu je najizraženija komponenta nastavak zdru-

ženog rada na razvoju baze Jug, učešće na međuna-

rodnim vojnim vežbama i združeno obučavanje pri-

padnika dvaju oružanih snaga.

Kapetan bojnog broda Konjikovac i pukovnik

Blekburn su takođe izjavili da je bilateralna vojna sa-

radnja i razmena znanja i praksi između Ministarstva

odbrane Republike Srbije i Komande vojske SAD za

Evropu značajno doprinelo unapređenju operativnih

i funkcionalnih sposobnosti na obe strane. U ovom

smislu, oni su posebno istakli da se potpisani Plan

sastoji od aktivnosti koje reflektuju zahteve srpskih voj-

nih jednica, Ministarstva odbrane i Generalštaba Voj-

ske Srbije, u skladu sa sposobnostima Komande vojske

SAD za Evropu i Nacionalne garde Ohaja.

Konferencija šefova odbrana zemalja Balkana.

28. maj 2015.

Deveta Konferencija šefova odbrana zemalja Balka-

na održana je 27. i 28. maja 2015. u Budvi, Crna Gora.

Konferenciju je otvorio domaćin, načelnik Generalšta-

ba Crne Gore admiral Dragan Samardžić.

Konferencija predstavlja važnu inici-

jativu za jačanje vojne saradnje

među balkanskim zemljama. Glavne

aktivnosti ove inicijative su obuka

i edukacija, što su aktivnosti kroz koje

se zahtevani nivo interoperabilnosti

jedinica stiče i što dozvoljava združe-

ne akcije u različitim situacijama od-

govora na krize. Poseban naglasak je

s t a v l j e n n a s a r a d n j u

u suprotstavljanju i sprečavanju ka-

tastrofa izazvanih prirodnim nepogodama, obzirom

da su ovo države koje su nedavno iskusile znatne

probleme ove vrste u regionu.


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The conference confirmed the importance of regional

cooperation and good neighbourly relations between

the Balkan countries, for maintaining and strengthening

the stable security environment in the region.

The member countries of the conference are: Albania,

Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia Romania, Serbia, Turkey

and Montenegro. This year’s conference was also at-

tended by high-ranking special guests such as: the

Deputy Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, LTG.

Mark Schissler (USAF); Allied Joint Force Command Na-

ples commander, Adm. Mark Ferguson (USN), and the

Deputy Chiefs of Defence of Croatia and Slovenia.

Serbia was at the conference represented by its CHOD

General Diković, who also held separate talks with

Chief of the General Staff of Albania Major General

Jeronim Bazo, Chief of the General Staff of Bulgaria

Vice Admiral Rumen Nikolov, and the Allied Joint Force

Command Naples commander Admiral Mark Fergu-

son.

‘’Balkan Response’’ to the Threat of CBRN Terrorism

(analysis).

May 29, 2015

By Vojislav Gavrilović, analyst, Balkan Security Agenda.

With the collapse of effective government control in

countries like Iraq, Libya and Syria, apart from local

eruption of sectarian violence and anarchy, another

potentially global risk emerged: the threat from CBRN

terrorism. Destructive ambitions of previous authoritari-

an regimes

in these

failed states

resulted in

stockpiles of

chemical

and biologi-

cal weap-

ons, as well

as uncertain

amounts of

nuclear ma-

terials that

thankfully

never devel-

oped into

real nuclear

weapons.

Now many

of these

dangerous items lay scattered across war ravaged

and chaotic Middle Eastern countries, potentially turn-

ing into arsenals of terrorism.

Konferencija je potvrdila značaj regionalne saradnje

i dobrosusedskih odnosa između balkanskih zemalja,

u cilju održavanja i jačanja stabilne bezbednosne

sredine na Balkanu.

Zemlje članice konferencije su bile: Albanija, Bugar-

ska, Grčka, Makedonija, Rumunija, Srbija, Turska i Crna

Gora. Ovogodišnjoj konferenciji su takođe prisustvo-

vali i visoko rangirani specijalni gosti poput: Zamenika

predsedavajućeg Vojnog komiteta NATO general-

poručnika Mark Šisler (RV SAD), Komandanta združe-

nih NATO snaga iz Napulja admirala Marka Fergusona

(RM SAD) i zamenici šefova odbrana Hrvatske

i Slovenije.

Srbiju je na konferenciji predstavljao Načelnik Gene-

ralštaba general Diković, koji je takođe održao odvo-

jene razgovore sa Načelnikom Generalštaba Albanije

general-majorom Jeronimom Bozom, Načelnikom Ge-

neralštaba Bugarske viceadmiralom Rumenom Miko-

lovim i Komandantom združenih NATO snaga iz Na-

pulja, admiralom Markom Fergusonom.

,,Balkanski odgovor´´ na pretnju ABH terorizma

(analiza)

29. maj 2015.

Vojislav Gavrilović, analitičar, Balkanska Bezbednos-

na Agenda.

Sa kolapsom efektivne dr-

žavne kontrole u zemljama

poput Iraka, Libije i Sirije, po-

red lokalne erupcije sek-

taških sukoba i anarhije,

druga potencijalno global-

na pretnja je izronila: pretnja

ABH terorizma. Destruktivne

ambicije prethodnih autori-

tarnih režima u ovim propa-

lim državama rezultovale su

z a l i h a m a h e m i j s k o g

i biološkog oružja, kao

i diskutabilnim količinama

nuklearnih materijala koji se

srećom nikada nisu pretvorili

u pravo nuklearno oružje.

Sada se mnogi od ovih

opasnih predmeta nalaze razbacani po ratom razore-

nim i haotičnim bliskoistočnim zemljama, sa potenci-

jalom da se pretvore u arsenale terorizma.


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Let’s not forget that ISIL actually took control of Al

Muthanna chemical weapons storage in Iraq last year,

which was home to some 2.000 artillery shells contami-

nated with mustard agents, 605 one-tone mustard con-

tainers with residues and heavily contaminated con-

struction materials. The Iraqi army managed to take

the facility back but it still has not been confirmed

whether any of the inventory has gone missing from it.

It has also been confirmed that ISIL took control of at

least 40 kg of depleted uranium from a research facility

in Mosul when the city fell into their hands last year. In

Syria, even though majority of chemical weapons have

been evacuated and destroyed in a UN led initiative,

various chemical materials which can not be qualified

as chemical weapons (such as chlorine) but nonethe-

less can be weaponized, still remain in the country, po-

tentially being available to various terrorist groups. Fur-

thermore, it is not clear how much nuclear material re-

mains in Syria, after Dair al-Sour reactor was destroyed.

Libya, where ISIL is also trying to make a foothold, is an-

other potential ’’black market’’ for weapons of mass

destruction, as the country has still not destroyed it’s

chemical materials from previous chemical weapons

programmes.

Having in mind the precarious nature of today’s global

security and the possibility of CBRN terrorism emerging,

Serbian Ministry of Defense and Serbian Armed Forces

started their preparations for a multinational military-

civilian CBRN counterterrorism exercise as early as Sep-

tember last year. The name of the exercise was

’’Balkan Response 2015’’ and it took place at training

field Ravnjak of the CBRN Center in Krusevac from May

25 – 30, 2015. The exercise is said to be the most impor-

tant multinational event hosted by the Serbian Armed

Forces (SAF) this year: 331

personnel from armies of

Austria, Bosnia and Herze-

govina, Macedonia, Mon-

tenegro, Slovenia and Ser-

bia participated in it, along

with personnel from Emer-

gency Sector (the Kru-

ševac firefighter brigade),

National Criminal-Technical

Center and Special Anti-

terrorism Unit of the Ministry

of Interior of Serbia, Orga-

nization for the Prohibition

of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), General Hospital Kru-

ševac and the Red Cross. 83 different types of vehicles

were also involved in the exercise. Representatives of

Belarus, Brazil, Croatia, Spain, Nigeria, Poland, Hungary,

United States European Command and European De-

fence Agency had the status of observers at the exer-

cise.

Ne zaboravimo da je IDIL zapravo uspela da preuzme

Al Mutana skladište hemijskog oružja u Iraku prošle

godine, u kome se nalazilo oko 2000 artiljerijskih gra-

nata kontaminiranih iperitom, 605 jednotonskih kontej-

nera sa iperitom i pratećom opremom, kao i teško

kontaminirani građevinski materijali. Iračka vojska je

uspela da preuzme postrojenje, ali i dalje nema potvr-

da da li je i koliko od njegovog inventara nestalo. Ta-

kođe je potvrđeno da je IDIL došla u posed 40 kg osi-

romašenog uranijuma nakon zauzimanja istraživač-

kog kompleksa u Mosulu prošle godine. U Siriji, iako je

većina hemijskog oružja evakuisano i uništeno

u inicijativi UN-a, različite hemikalije koje se ne mogu

kvalifikovati kao hemijsko oružje (poput hlorina) ali se

mogu zloupotrebiti kao oružje i dalje su prisutne

u zemlji i potencijalno dostupne različitim terorističkim

grupama. Štaviše, nije jasno ni koliko je nuklearnog

materijala ostalo u Siriji nakon što je reaktor Dair al Sur

uništen. A Libija, u kojoj IDIL takođe pokušava da na-

pravi uporište, je još jedno potencijalno crno tržište

oružja za masovno uništenje, obzirom da država

i dalje nije uništila svoje hemikalije iz prethodnih pro-

grama razvoja hemijskog oružja.

Imajući u vidu fragilnu prirodu današnje globalne bez-

bednosti i mogućnost pojave ABH terorizma, Ministar-

stvo odbrane Srbije i Vojska Srbije su otpočeli pripre-

me za međunarodnu civilno-vojnu ABHO protivteroris-

tičku vežbu još u septembru prošle godine. Ime vežbe

je ,,Balkanski odgovor 2015´´ i održana je na poligonu

Ravnjak pri Centru ABHO u Kruševcu od 25. do 30.

maja 2015. Ova vežba je najznačajniji

multinacionalni događaj u organizaciji

Vojske Srbije ove godine: 331 lice iz

vojski Austrije, Bosne i Hercegovine,

Makedonije, Crne Gore, Slovenije

i Srbije je učestvovalo u njoj, zajedno

sa osobljem iz Sektora za vanredne

situacije (kruševačka vatrogasna bri-

gada), Nacionalnog kriminalističko-

tehničkog centra i Specijalne antitero-

rističke jednice (SAJ) MUP-a Srbije, Or-

ganizacije za zabranu hemijskog oru-

žja, Centralne bolnice Kruševac

i Crvenog krsta. 83 vozila različitih tipova i namene su

korišćena u vežbi. Predstavnici Belorusije, Brazila, Hr-

vatske, Španije, Nigerije, Poljske, Mađarske, Komande

vojske SAD za Evropu i Evropske odbrambene agenci-

je su imali status posmatrača na vežbi.


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Deputy commander of the Kruševac CBRN Center,

LTC. Srdjan Rutić explained that the exercise consisted

of 3 main events, along with 31 suppositions. Each of

those events was organized in a way that can best si-

mulate realistic security threats from terrorist attacks

involving weapons of mass destruction such as che-

mical agents or ’’dirty bombs’’.

The scenario of the exercise followed a situation in an

imaginary ’’Beta’’ region in which a federal state

dissolved into 5 separate countries which are mutually

recognized and accepted into UN. The security systems

of these 5 states (named Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and

White) cooperate on prevention of regional organized

crime. However, criminal groups decided to retaliate

by acquiring large amounts of explosives from military

stockpiles and nerve and vesicant gas agents, as well

as radioactive materials from the black market. These

criminal groups then plot to use a terrorist group to des-

tabilize Yellow state, arming the group with mentioned

weapons of mass destruction. The terrorist group

planted explosives at a chemical compound near Kru-

ševac in the imaginary Yellow state and they plant se-

veral improvised explosive devices (IEDs) with nerve

and vesicant chemicals, as well as radioactive mate-

rials in an urban area. The ’’Yellow state’’ estimated it’s

military and civilian crisis management capabilities and

decided to call it’s regional partners for help.

The exercises started with a simulated terrorist attack, in

which armed attackers assaulted the chemical com-

pound causing contamination of a wide area. Mem-

bers of the 246th CBRN battalion of Serbian Armed For-

ces were then sent into area to estimate the level of

crisis and contamination, while Orbiter drones were fly-

ing above for purpose of providing situational aware-

ness. Specially trained firefighters were sent to help the

local civilians af-

fected by the

contamination,

while CBRN units

of Serbian Armed

Forces, as well as

regional partner

militaries assisted

in crisis estimation

and decontami-

nation using mo-

dern sensor equ-

ipment and de-

contamination

vehicles. Finally,

Special anti-terrorist unit of the Serbian Ministry of Interi-

or neutralized the terrorist group in a dynamic attack

on their safe house.

Zamenik komandanta Centra ABHO iz Kruševca pot-

pukovnik Srđan Rutić je objasnio da se vežba sastoja-

la od 3 glavna događaja i 31 supozicije. Svaki od tih

događaja je organizovan na način koji najbolje simu-

lira realistične bezbednosne pretnje od terorističkih

napada u kojim se koriste oružja za masovno uništenje

poput hemijskih agenasa ili ,,prljavih bombi´´.

Scenario vežbe prati situaciju u imaginarnom ,,Beta´´

regionu u kome se federalna država raspala na 5 od-

vojenih međusobno priznatih država članica UN. Bez-

bednosni sistemi ovih 5 država (nazvanih Plava, Crve-

na, Žuta, Zelena i Bela) sarađuju međusobno

u prevenciji regionalnog organizovanog kriminala.

Međutim, kriminalne grupe su odlučile da uzvrate na-

bavkom velikih količina eksploziva iz vojnih magacina

i gasova nervnog i plikavačkog dejstva, kao

i radioaktivnih materijala na crnom tržištu. Ove krimi-

nalne grupe su potom namerile da upotrebe teroris-

tičku grupu radi destabilizacije Žute države, oprema-

jući je u tom cilju spomenutim oružjem za masovno

uništavanje. Teroristička grupa je postavila eksplozive

kod hemijskog postrojenja u Kruševcu u imaginarnoj

Žutoj državi, kao i improvizovane eksplozvine naprave

sa gasovima nervnog i plikavačkog dejstva

i radioaktivne materije u urbanoj sredini. ,,Žuta drža-

va´´ je procenila svoje vojne i civilne sposobnosti

upravljanja krizama i odlučila da pozove regionalne

partnere upomoć.

Vežba je otpočela simuliranim terorističkim napadom

u kome su naoružani napadači upali u hemijsko pos-

trojenje izazivajući kontaminaciju

šireg rejona. Pripadnici 246. ba-

taljona ABHO Vojske Srbije su poslati

u rejon radi procene nivoa krize

i kontaminacije, dok su bespilotne

letelice tipa Orbiter letele iznad

u cilju pružanja situacione svesti.

Posebno obučeni vatrogasci su

poslati da pomognu lokalnim civili-

ma ugroženim kontaminacijom, dok

su ABH timovi Vojske Srbije

i regionalnih partnerskih vojski asisti-

rali u proceni krize i dekontaminaciji

upotrebom moderne senzorike

i vozila za dekontaminaciju. Konačno, tim SAJ-a MUP-

a Srbije je neutralisao terorističku grupu u dinamičnom

napadu na njihovo sklonište.


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Especially valuable aspect of the exercise were high-

tech systems for realistic simulation of chemical and

radiological contamination that were used. These sys-

tems make the Kruševac CBRN Center one of the most

valuable assets of the Serbian Armed Forces, as the

only similar center in Europe apart from one in Kru-

ševac is located in Germany. The CBRN Center of the

Serbian Armed Forces is already a military unit with one

of highest levels of achieved international cooperation

annually, however after this successfull exercise, the

possibilities for international cooperation increase even

more. Commander of the CBRN Center LTC Dr. Ivan

Lazarević said that, concerning cooperation, Serbia

had promoted the Center in its Partnership for Peace

Programme as a capacity for regional and broader

international uses, and that, as such, it had been pro-

moted and gained two statuses, as both the regional

and the partnership center for education and training.

Congratulating the participants on the successfully

completed activity, Minister of Defence of Serbia Brati-

slav Gašić stressed that the exercise had contributed to

the development of regional capacities for defence

against CBRN kind of threat. He added that, with the

Military Medical Academy that is already a national

“brand”, the Serbian Armed Forces had acquired

another pride-worthy institution with which it could pre-

sent itself in the world – the CBRN Center in Kruševac.

„Thanks to the Serbian Armed Forces, the local self-

government and Kruševac companies, we now have a

well-equipped center for training of CBRN staff“, Minis-

ter Gašić said.

Chairman of the NATO Military Committee meets with

Asia-Pacific Military Leaders during the Shangri-La Dia-

logue.

May 31, 2015

The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, General

Knud Bartels, attended

the 14th International

Institute for Strategic

Studies (IISS) Asia Securi-

ty Summit "The Shangri-

La Dialogue 2015" in Sin-

gapore from May 29 –

31, 2015. During the

Summit, General Bartels

met with defence minis-

ters, Chiefs of Defence

and security policy pro-

fessionals in the Asia-

Pacific region, including

partners and Allies, to

discuss issues of common interest and cooperation.

Posebno vredan aspekt vežbe su bili visoko tehnološki

sistemi za realističnu simulaciju hemijskih i radioloških

kontaminacija. Ovi sistemi čine kruševački Centar

ABHO jednim od najvrednijih efektiva Vojske Srbije,

obzirom da jedini slični centar u Evropi, osim

u Kruševcu, postoji još u Nemačkoj. Centar ABHO Voj-

ske Srbije je već vojna jednica sa jednim od najviših

nivoa ostvarene međunarodne saradnje godišnje,

međutim nakon ove uspešno realizovane vežbe mo-

gućnosti za međunarodnu saradnju se još više uveća-

vaju. Komandant Centra ABHO potpukovnik Ivan La-

zarević je izjavio da je, kada je u pitanju saradnja, Sr-

bija promovisala Centar kroz program Partnerstva za

mir u njegovim kapacitetima za regionalnu i širu

međunarodnu upotrebu i da je, kao takav, Centar

dobio unapređenje i 2 statusa, kao regionalni i kao

partnerski centar za edukaciju i obuku.

Čestitajući učesnicima na uspešno realizovanoj vežbi,

ministar odbrane Republike Srbije Bratislav Gašić je

istakao da je vežba doprinela razvoju regionalnih ka-

paciteta za odbranu od ABH pretnji. Dodao je da je,

uz Vojno-medicinsku akademiju, koja je već nacio-

nalni ,,brend´´, Vojska Srbije dobila još jednu ponosa

vrednu instituciju kojom može predstaviti sebe u svetu

– Centar ABHO u Kruševcu. ,,Zahvaljujući Vojsci Srbije,

lokalnoj samoupravi i kruševačkim kompanijama, sa-

da imamo dobro opremljen centar za obuku kadrova

ABHO´´, izjavio je Gašić.

Predsedavajući Vojnog komiteta NATO se sastao sa

azijsko-pacifičkim vojnim liderima tokom Dijaloga

Šangri-La.

31. maj 2015.

Predsedavajući Vojnog komiteta NATO, general Knud

Bartels je prisustvovao 14. azij-

skom bezbednosnom samitu

Međunarodnog instituta za stra-

teške studi je pod ime-

nom ,,Šangri-La dijalog 2015´´

u Singapuru, od 29. do 30. maja

2015. Tokom samita general

Bartels se sastao sa ministrima

odbrana, šefovima odbrana

i profesionalcima bezbednosne

politike iz azijsko-pacifičkog re-

giona, uključujući partnere

i saveznike, radi diskutovanja

o pitanjima od zajedničkog interesovanja i saradnji.


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The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee’s open-

ing remarks at the “The Armed Forces and New Terrorist

Threats” panel highlighted the three main Military Pil-

lars: Deter, Contain and Protect and explained their

role in responding to the security challenges that NATO

faces in and around Europe.

General Bartels met with number of high military offi-

cials from partner countries from the region during his

visit in Singapore – namely Admiral Sun Jianguo, Vice

Chief of Staff of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA),

South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-koo, Admiral

Katsutoshi Kawano, the Japanese Chief of the Joint

Staff, the host - Chief of Defence Force of the Singapo-

rean Armed Forces Ng Chee Meng and also with the

Chief of Defence Force of

the Malaysian Armed Forces,

General Tan Sri Dato'Sri

Zulkifeli bin Mohd Zin.

Concluding his visit to Singa-

pore, General Bartels empha-

sized the importance

of NATO’s presence at the

Shangri-La Security Confer-

ence. “By attending the Con-

ference, NATO gets a first-

hand insight into the regional

security dynamics of the ar-

ea. There are also many mutual areas of interest be-

tween NATO and the Asia-Pacific nations, areas such

as Maritime Security, Cyber Warfare, Terrorism and Pira-

cy. It is by sharing ways of operating with and learning

from each other, that we will be able to better counter

the threats we all face” Bartels concluded.

Predsedavajući Vojnog komiteta NATO je u svom

uvodnom govoru na panelu ,,Oružane snage i nove

terorističke pretnje´´ istakao 3 glavna vojna stuba: od-

vraćanje, zadržavanje i zaštitu i objasnio njihove uloge

u odgovaranju na bezbednosne izazove sa kojim se

NATO susreće unutar i oko Evrope.

General Bartels se sastao sa određenim brojem visokih

vojnih zvaničnika iz partnerskih zemalja regiona tokom

svoje posete Singapuru, pre svega sa admiralom Sun

Janguoom, zamenikom načelnika generalštaba ki-

neske armije, južnokorejskim ministrom odbrane Han

Min-kuom, japanskim načelnikom generalštaba admi-

ralom Kacutošijem Kavanoom, domaćinom načelni-

kom Odbrambenih snaga Singa-

pura Ng Či Mengo, kao i sa šefom

Odbrambenih snaga Malezije ge-

neralom Tan Sri Dato´Sri Zulkfeli bin

Mohd Zinom.

Zaključujući svoju posetu Singapuru,

general Bartels je istakao značaj

prisustva NATO na Šangri-La bez-

b e d n o s n o j k o n f e r e n c i j i .

,,Prisustvovanjem na konferenciji,

NATO stiče uvid iz prve ruke

u regionalnu bezbednosnu dinami-

ku. Postoje mnoge uzajamne oblas-

ti interesovanja između NATO i azijsko-pacifičkih drža-

va, oblasti poput pomorske bezbednosti, sajber rato-

vanja, terorizma i piratstva. I ove ćemo pretnje svi lak-

še suočiti kroz razmenu načina vršenja operacija

i učenja jedih od drugih´´, zaključio je Bartels.


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Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia Launched

a New Web-page to Promote Serbia’s Engagement in

Multinational Operations.

The web-page has been set-up by the Public Relations

Department of the Ministry of Defence and it incorpo-

rates all information on the contribution of members of

the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces

(SAF) to the international peace and security through

their participation in multinational operations. All infor-

mation on deployment of SAF in multinational opera-

tions under the auspices of the United Nations and the

European Union, as well as latest news from the mis-

sions, photographs and videos can be found there.

The web-page also contains a section entitled

“Peacekeeper”, which offers views on the responsible

task of building peace in crisis regions from the view of

actual participants – former peacekeepers from SAF.

The web-page is a valuable source of information es-

pecially for media representatives, students, experts as

well as people interested in becoming members of SAF

themselves.

The website is adapted to modern web-standards and

is accessible through all platforms and devices.

You can find the web-page here:

www.mnop.mod.gov.rs

Ministarstvo odbrane Republike Srbije pokrenulo je

novu internet stranicu za promovisanje učešća Vojske

Srbije u multinacionalnim operacijama.

Veb stranicu je pokrenuo Odsek za odnose s javnošću

pri Ministarstvu odbrane i ona obuhvata sve informa-

cije o doprinosu pripadnika Ministarstva odbrane

i Vojske Srbije međunarodnom miru i bezbednosti kroz

njihovo učešće u multinacionalnim operacijama. Sve

informacije o učešću VS u multinacionalnim operaci-

jama pod okriljem UN-a i EU, kao i skorašnje novosti iz

misija, fotografije i video snimci mogu se naći na stra-

nici.

Veb stranica takodje sadrži i sekciju pod naslo-

vom ,,Mirovnjak´´ koja pruža poglede učesnika, od-

nosno bivših mirovnjaka VS na pitanja izvršavanja od-

govornog zadatka izgradnje mira u kriznim regionima.

Veb stranica predstavlja vredan izvor informacija po-

sebno za predstavnike medija, studetne, eksperte,

kao i ljude zainteresovane za aktivno služenje u VS.

Veb stranica usvaja moderne standarde veb dizajna

i dostupna je preko svih platformi i uredjaja.

Veb stranicu možete naći ovde:

www.mnop.mod.gov.rs/

http://www.mnop.mod.gov.rs

http://www.mnop.mod.gov.rs/


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10th Annual International Security Forum - GLOBSEC

2015 will Take Place in Bratislava, Slovakia.

On June 19 – 21, 2015 already 10th annual International

Security Forum GLOBSEC will take place in Bratislava,

Slovakia. The conference is this time taking place at

the end of the Slovak Presidency in the Visegrad group

(V4) and will again feature panel of all 4 prime ministers

of V4 countries. Main topics of this year’s GLOBSEC will

be – development in NATO

from Wales to Warsaw; Ukrai-

ne and the conflict in the East

and Russia; Western Balkans;

hybrid warfare and propa-

ganda; energy security; cyber

security; so called „Islamic

State“ (DAESH) and many

other most pressing issues.

GLOBSEC Forum is the leading

annual forum on foreign policy and security in the Cen-

tral Europe. This year, GLOBSEC marks 10 years since its

establishment. GLOBSEC’s mission is to engage the

community in supporting regional cooperation and

enhancing the transatlantic bond. The GLOBSEC Forum

is organized by the Slovak Atlantic Commission, mem-

ber of the Central European Strategy Council.

Central European Strategy Council is an independent

non-governmental organisation with the mission to

strengthen the voice of Slovakia and Central Europe in

European and global affairs. The organisation connects

key Central European personalities and experts in fo-

reign and security policy. It associates three organisa-

tions - the Slovak Atlantic Commission (SAC), the Cen-

tral European Policy Institute (CEPI) and the Centre for

European Affairs (CEA).

Deseti godišnji međunarodni bezbednosni forum –

GLOBSEC 2015 će biti održan u Bratislavi, Slovačka.

Od 19. do 21. juna 2015. biće održan deseti po redu

bezbednosni forum GLOBSEC u Bratislavi, Slovačka.

Konferencija će se ovaj put održati na kraju slovačkog

predsedavanja Višegrad grupom (V4) i ponovo će

obuhvatati panel sva 4 premijera zemalja V4. Glavne

teme ovogodišnjeg GLOBSEC-a će biti – razvoj NATO

od Velsa do Varšave, Ukraji-

na i konflikt na istoku i Rusija,

Zapadni Balkan, hibridno ra-

tovanje i propaganda, ener-

getska bezbednost, sajber

bezbednost, tzv. ,,Islamska

država´´ (DAEŠ) i mnoga

druga značajna pitanja.

GLOBSEC forum je vodeći

godišnji forum iz oblasti spol-

jne politike i bezbednosti u centralnoj Evropi. Ove

godine, GLOBSEC beleži 10 godina od osnivanja

i njegova misija je da uključi zajednicu u podršku regi-

onalnoj saradnji i osnaži transatlantske veze. GLOBSEC

forum organizuje Slovačka atlantska komisija, članica

Centralnoevropskog strateškog saveta.

Centralnoevropski strateški savet je nezavisna nevladi-

na organizacija sa misijom jačanja glasa Slovačke

i centralne Evrope u evropskim i globalnim zbivanjima.

Organizacija povezuje ključne ličnosti centralne Evro-

pe i eksperte spoljne i bezbednosne politike. Obuhva-

ta 3 organizacije: Slovačku atlantsku komisiju (SAC),

Institut centralnoevropske politike (CEPI) i Centar za

evropska pitanja (CEA).


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