The federal government of Serbia has agreed to reintroduce conscription, which was abolished 14 years in the past.
After a gathering on Friday, the federal government fashioned a working group tasked with “reviewing actions and measures” geared toward bringing again 75-day obligatory navy service for males. Ladies would proceed to be allowed to serve on a voluntary foundation.
The reform will assist modernize the Balkan nation’s armed forces and strengthen its defenses in opposition to potential aggression, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated at a navy ceremony in Batajnica.
The choice to reinstate conscription comes amid rising tensions between Belgrade and its breakaway area of Kosovo, the place native Serbs have been protesting in opposition to the Albanian-led authorities. Final week, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin warned in opposition to a possible escalation and stated Belgrade wouldn’t stand by “when violence is used in opposition to Serbs.”
Serbia is just not a member of NATO, however maintains working relations with the US-led bloc regardless of the 1999 bombing marketing campaign carried out by NATO in assist of an ethnic Albanian separatist insurgency in Kosovo.
Officers in Belgrade have confused that the nation will proceed to keep up “navy neutrality” within the face of the Ukraine battle and tensions between NATO and Russia. Serbia additionally vowed to not abandon its historic pleasant ties with Russia and refused to participate within the Western sanctions on Moscow.
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