Deputy Chief of General Staff visits USA
Wednesday, 26.10.2016 | International Co-operation
Deputy Chief of the SAF General Staff, Lt. General Jovica Draganic heads the delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces in the visit to the United States.
Deputy Chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff Lieutenant General Jovica Draganić, who heads the delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces in the visit to the United States, met yesterday with Dr. Michael Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence with responsibility for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.
General Draganic briefed Dr. Carpenter about the achieved level of defence cooperation between Serbia and the United States and the vision for its improvement in the future. He thanked the US Government for their support and assistance so far and expressed hope that this support will continue. Carpenter congratulated General Draganić on ten years of very successful cooperation within the Ohio–Serbia State Partnership Programme and expressed his conviction that the US government will continue to support the further development of bilateral military cooperation.
On the occasion of the visit of Deputy Chief of General Staff, Ambassador, last night, at the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Washington, Đerđ Matković held a reception attended by senior military and civilian officials of the US administration. During the reception, General Draganić spoke with Hoyt Yee, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, about the current security situation and challenges in the Balkan region.
Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces will visit today the Pentagon and the National Defence University, after which our delegation travels to Ohio.
The delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces stays on the return visit to the United States, from 25 to 30 October, to mark ten years of cooperation between Serbia and Ohio.
