At a meeting in the Ministry of Defence on 14th June 2016 the Danish Ministry of Defence, Mr. Niels Randloev confirmed Denmark’s continued defence cooperation with Serbia in 2016.
The cooperation will be in the areas of bilateral talks, student sponsorships to military training institutions and implementation of IT infrastructure. Additional to this Denmark is also engaged in cooperation in the field of civil emergency preparedness.
The defence cooperation between Serbia and Denmark was established in 2004 and in recent years Serbia has been one of Denmark’s biggest cooperation partners in Europe outside NATO. The cooperation projects have primarily aimed at supporting reforms and capacity building and regional cooperation. Main areas of cooperation have been the PRISMA project (discharged military personnel), Search and Rescue, English language training, safe storage of ammunition and ordnance disposal, the CBRN centre in Kruševac and civil emergency planning.
Denmark has financially supported training in various areas including to a number of Serbian students’ participation in activities outside Serbia such as courses at Peace Support Operations Centre in Sarajevo, Baltic Defence College in Tartuu, Estonia, and Nordic Peacekeeping courses in Denmark. Cooperation between the Air Forces has also been intensive and Denmark has over the years donated 14 fuel trucks and other equipment to the Serbian Air Force. Denmark has been supporting a comprehensive program in relation to the implementation of IT systems and building up an HR structure as well as in the field of civil emergency cooperation.
During the floods in May 2014 the Danish Ministry of Defence also provided support. The Danish Emergency Management Agency sent 26 volunteers, 12 vehicles and two pump modules to Serbia to assist Serbia in its fight against the floods.
