Visit by Commander of U.S. Air Force Europe-Africa
Friday, 21.6.2024 | International Co-operation
Today, Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff General Milan Mojsilović has met with Commander of the United States Air Force Europe-Africa General James B. Hecker, who is on an official visit to the Republic of Serbia with his delegation.
The discussion at the meeting at the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff covered the current security situation in the region and opportunities for further improvement of cooperation between the Serbian Armed Forces and the U.S. Armed Forces.
The interlocutors have agreed that the bilateral military cooperation is intense and comprehensive, that it contributes to building the interoperability and operational capabilities of the armed forces and that, as an important segment of the overall relations between Serbia and the USA, it is fully in the function of preserving peace and stability in the region and beyond.
The Chief of the General Staff has pointed out that the Serbian Armed Forces are ready to improve the military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. Armed Forces in all areas of common interest, on an equal basis and with consistent preservation of military neutrality.
Speaking about the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, General Mojsilović has pointed out that the unilateral moves by the provisional institutions of self-government in Pristina have a negative impact on the state of security in the Province, adding that the Serbian Armed Forces consistently adhere to the Military-Technical Agreement and that, in accordance with UNSC Resolution 1244 and all signed agreements, they recognize KFOR as the only legitimate armed formation in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.
General Hecker is visiting our country at the invitation of Air Force and Air Defence Commander Lieutenant General Duško Žarković, with whom he discussed cooperation in the field of flight safety, Search and Rescue, helicopter operations and aviation medicine yesterday. He also visited the 204th Air Force Brigade at the Military Airfield “Colonel-Pilot Milenko Pavlović” in Batajnica, where he had the opportunity to see some of the capabilities of the aviation units of the Serbian Armed Forces.
General Hecker, who is also Commander of the NATO Allied Air Command, was received during separate meetings by Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces and President of the Republic Aleksandar Vučić and Minister of Defence Bratislav Gašić.
