Jet aircraft J-10 presented to Sutanovac - Firm cooperation between armed forces of Serbia and China

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Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac said yesterday (August 17, 2010) in Beijing after the meeting with Chinese Minister of National Defense General Liang Guanglie that the cooperation between the armed forces of Serbia and China was close, but noted that there was always room for improvement of relations. On that occasion, Sutanovac stated that Serbia had received assurances that the Chinese Army would continue to support reforms in the Serbian Army and would continue to grant funds as much as it could.

He outlined that the meeting had also been dedicated to the cooperation of Serbia and China in the arms industry, and expressed confidence that there were opportunities for formation of joint ventures in that area and that such military equipment could be offered to other countries.

After the meeting, the representatives of the defense ministries signed a grant contract by which the Chinese Army is to donate computer equipment worth €500,000 to the Serbian Army.

Sutanovac also visited the air base of the 24th Air Division in Tianjin where an air show was organized for the guests from Serbia.

The delegation of the Serbian Ministry of Defense was among the first foreign delegations to see the maneuverability of the Chinese multifunctional combat aircraft J-10.

Sutanovac affirmed that China showed that it can make sophisticated military equipment that can be used in Serbia or offered to the countries that traditionally buy weapons from Serbia.

He confirmed that four Serbian Army officers would soon travel to China to study, and that two Chinese officers would arrive in Belgrade in September to attend Serbian language courses and school for command-staff training.

- Serbia can offer cooperation in the field of military education and at the Military Medical Academy and wants to make use of the experience that China has in the field of peacekeeping operations - he added.

Also, Sutanovac expressed his wish that Serbian Army officers visit the Chinese Center for peacekeeping missions since large number of the Chinese participate in such missions and China is, practically, one of the countries that contribute the most to the U.N. peacekeeping missions.

Ministarstvo odbrane Republike Srbije

Vlada Republike Srbije

Ambasada NR Kine Beograd

Vojska Srbije

Dragan Sutanovac

Beijing

Ministry of Defense of China

Liang Guanglie

Army of Serbia

Tianjin

airplane J 10

J 10