Serbia is preparing for the military exercise \u201cPlatinum Wolf\u201d, in which the Serbian Army will participate along with members of the armed forces of other countries, some of which are NATO members.<\/p>\n
The United States will participate in this military exercise with 100 soldiers, as confirmed by the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
\u201cSerbia has made a choice to be part of the West, and this includes further integration with Euro-Atlantic security structures and partner armies,\u201d said a spokesperson of the U.S. Embassy.<\/p>\n
He emphasized that the exercise is \u201cdirectly linked to Serbia\u2019s existing participation in missions worldwide\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more we train together, the more effective we will be in achieving our common goal of peace, regional stability, and the preservation of a free and peaceful Europe,\u201d emphasized the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
It also highlighted that \u201cthe greater Serbia\u2019s integration into Euro-Atlantic security structures, the shorter its path to final membership in the European Union will be\u201d.<\/p>\n
While the U.S. welcomed Serbia\u2019s decision, the Kremlin warned that it \u201cwould not go unnoticed\u201d in Russia.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the exercises, we will certainly follow them very carefully,\u201d said Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesperson, on April 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n At the time, Peskov stated that Belgrade was under \u201cunprecedented pressure to bring Serbia to the side of those who adhere to an anti-Russian stance\u201d.<\/p>\n At that time, the official Belgrade announced that it would not impose sanctions against Russia but that the Serbian army, considering its policy of military neutrality, would suspend all military exercises with foreign partners, both from the East and the West, until further notice.<\/p>\n What is \u201cPlatinum Wolf\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n The tactical exercise \u201cPlatinum Wolf 2023\u201d will be held at a military base near Bujanovac. The Serbian Army will participate as the host, along with 11 partner countries.<\/p>\n From 2014 to 2021, it has been conducted seven times in Serbia.<\/p>\n The purpose of the exercise is to maintain the achieved level of interoperability of units of the Serbian Army for participation in multinational operations.<\/p>\n The Serbian Army has been operating according to NATO standards for over 15 years, which are also used in United Nations peacekeeping missions and all other organizations.<\/p>\n The \u201cPlatinum Wolf\u201d exercise was last held in 2021.<\/p>\n At that time, in addition to Serbia as the host, participants included members of the armed forces of Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, the United States, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, France, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serbia is preparing for the military exercise \u201cPlatinum Wolf\u201d, in which the Serbian Army will participate along with members of the armed forces of other countries, some of which are NATO members. The United States will participate in this military exercise with 100 soldiers, as confirmed by the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. \u201cSerbia has made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[2833,995,2487,243,151,2212,791,2830,284,861,2832,301,285,2831,1072,1250],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n