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Serbia terminates several arms supply agreements with Russia

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Serbia has terminated a number of arms supply agreements with Russia, said the chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, Milan Mojsilovic, in an interview with the Serbia's Novosti newspaper.

This is how Mojsilovic answered the question whether the sanctions on Russia made it difficult for the Serbian army to use Russian weapons.

According to the chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army, since the weapons made in the former Soviet Union are still used in a large number of the world's armed forces, and are also produced under licenses in a number of countries, Serbia has found a way to supply spare parts and maintain military equipment even under sanctions.

"As for the supply of weapons from the Russian Federation, it is practically impossible at the moment. We are trying to find a way to overcome the newly created situation through diplomatic channels. We terminated some agreements, we postponed some, hoping that the situation in international relations at the global level will be settled and enable to implement the agreements," said Milan Mojsilovic.

 

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Serbian ambassador walks out of ceremony over support to students

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Serbia's Ambassador in Croatia Jelena Milic walked out of an event organized by the Serb National Council after an award recipient lent support to the student protests.

Milic was attending the traditional Orthodox Christmas Eve reception organized by the Serb national minority's political body which included an award ceremony. First prize this year went to writer Jasminka Petrovic and filmmaker Radivoje Rasa Andric for the book and movie The Summer I Learned to Fly about the consequences of the war in Croatia.

Petrovic sent a letter to the ceremony expressing gratitude to "young people in Serbia who have been teaching us how to fly and shine". Those words led Milic to walk out of the ceremony.

Milic told RTL TV later that she left the ceremony because the Serb National Council leaders did not react to that part of the letter which, according to her, was a direct allusion to the student blockades of universities in Serbia. "I simply did not like the way the Council reacted," she said and claimed that she wrote on her Facebook profile earlier that she supports young people standing in squares, not blocking institutions and when they demand justice for injustice. "Blockades, calling my country a tyranny, calling my president and the state leadership killers I simply and absolutely do not support," Milic said.

Milic was an opponent of the current Serbian regime as leader of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies NGO. She is also remembered for walking out of a talk show which included then Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.