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belgrade's project to acquire 12 raile
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fighter bombers has finally moved ahead
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last year Serbia announced that it was
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prepared to spend €3 billion on this
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purpose during a visit to the banita
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airbase on March 31st Serbian president
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Alex andar vuich since 2017 stated that
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his government was in the process of
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acquiring new fighter jets for the
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Serbian Army today only a part of our
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enhanced capabilities was showcased and
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how much we have changed not only in
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but also in the level of functional and
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operational capability of our mig29
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aircraft when I was Minister of Defense
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we only had one aircraft today we have
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14 and the procurement of new more
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fighter aircraft for the Serbian Armed
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Forces is underway said president vuich
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president vet's official visit to France
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was scheduled for April 8th according to
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Reuters the Serbian president has
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indicated that one objective of this
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visit will be to strengthened
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cooperation between Serbia and France in
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the defense industry the Lisa Palace
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confirmed this on April 5th according to
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his remarks reported by Reuters the
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Serbian president assured that
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discussions on the purchase of 12
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rafales are still ongoing we are
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determined to buy new aircraft that
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would significantly improve our combat
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capabilities he said on April 8th the
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Serbian president arrived in Paris on a
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working visit where he met with the
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French minister of defense
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Sebastian Leen the negotiations
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concerned cooperation between the two
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Count's military agencies and defense
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Enterprises exchange of experience and
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Technologies and the acquisition of the
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most modern weapons for defense on
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Monday he spoke several times with
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President Emanuel macron the Serbian
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delegation also held negotiations with
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dult aviation's leadership the Serbian
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president wrote on his presidential
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website we had a meeting with the disol
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group regarding raile aircraft as well
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cooperation we will also have the
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signing of a contract that will
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significantly enhance the security of
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our country Serbia expects the contract
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to be signed within the next two months
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we discussed all types of cooperation we
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reached agreements on the purchase of
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raile fighter jets the signing of the
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contract can be expected in
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approximately 2 months with the presence
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of the president of France the Serbian
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president wrote on April 8th the Serbian
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president has now agreed with the French
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President regarding acquiring new Rafal
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fighter jets President Alexander vuic
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announced on his website that the
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country is very close to signing a
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contract to purchase French aircraft I
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have some news with the company daot we
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are very close to signing a significant
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contract for the purchase of Rafal and
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we discussed this with President Emanuel
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macron last night said president vuich
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I am very pleased with the results of
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these negotiations we openly and
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specifically discussed all kinds of
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cooperation with one of the most
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important countries in the world we have
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reached as it seems to me specific
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agreements regarding the purchase of
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Rafal wrote the Serbian president
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earlier the president of Serbia stated
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that the fighter jet according to him is
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one of the three most powerful in the
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world it is worth noting that in 2023 it
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became public that Serbia intends to
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stop purchasing ing Russian Mig 29s due
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to sanctions Serbia previously relied on
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russian-made mig29 aircraft for its air
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defense but after the Kremlin invaded
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Ukraine obtaining spare parts for these
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aircraft became nearly impossible in
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late December 2021 the Serbian Ministry
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of defense was choosing between Russian
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and French fight agents Minister neosha
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stefanovich stated then that Belgrade
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was leaning more towards Rafal but the
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final decision would be made only after
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a thorough analysis of the situation
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since we are talking about very
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expensive items in the spring of 20122
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the president of Serbia revealed that
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the country was negotiating with France
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to purchase 12 new fighter jets as well
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as with another country for another 12
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aircraft but these would be
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used at that time he did not specify
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which country he was referring to
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political considerations may also
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influence the purchase of rafales given
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that Serbia does not anticipate Russian
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assistance in the event that the Serbian
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Republic of Bosnia RS for Republic cska
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develops a secessionist
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tendency additionally France can bolster
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Serbia's European integration
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efforts now do you think Serbia is
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purchasing railes for political reasons
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