1. THE PARTNERSHIP AIMING AT IMPROVING CAPABILITIES
SAF ARMY COMMANDER Lieutenant - General Milosav Simović

2. SAF The foreign policy orientation of the Republic of Serbia:
European Union,
Russia,
USA and
China.
Building capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces at the national level - relying on its own capacities.
Building capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces at the regional level - cooperation with partnership initiatives.

3. SAF Missions of the Serbian Armed Forces:
Defense of the Republic of Serbia from armed threats from outside,
Participation in building and maintaining peace in the region and the world and
Support to civilian authorities in countering security threats. 3

4. SAF Key aspects of Serbian security policy:
Building capacities for deterring armed threats to the Republic of Serbia,
Regional cooperation as an answer to security challenges,
Commitment to participation in peace keeping operations under the UN and EU auspices,
Military cooperation with countries within “Partnership for Peace” Program. 4

5. SAF Security challenges, risks and threats in SE Europe: Terrorism,
Islamic extremism,
Migration crisis and
Natural disasters caused by climate changes. 5

6. 323 UN-306 EU-17 SAF IN MnOps Middle East UNTSO-1 Cyprus UNFICYP-46
EUTM-3 Mali
CAR
MINUSCA-72
Lebanon UNIFIL-177
EUMAM RCA-4 CAR
323
UN-306
EU-17
Liberia
UNMIL-1
Ivory Coast
UNOCI-1
DR Congo
MONUSCO-8
EUNAVFOR
ATALANTA-4 Somalia
EUTM-6 Somalia
(in Uganda) 6 6 6

7. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY COOPERATION
Joint bilateral and trilateral exercises with Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and other neighboring countries.
Cooperation with the armed forces in the Partnership for Peace Program.
Cooperation with the Ohio National Guard and the U.S. Army European Command.
Cooperation with the Russian Federation and China.
Cooperation with KFOR forces. 7

8. “BRIDGES SHOULD BE BUILT NOT BURNT”
SAF
Need for more intensive partnership cooperation
Partnership is good and required
“BRIDGES SHOULD BE BUILT NOT BURNT”
we should cooperate, keep and build peace by joint efforts and look into the future 8

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