Brussels, 30 October 2018 - From 8 to 11 October 2018 in Mladenovac, an international field exercise was held to manage the consequences of emergency situations "SRBIJA 2018", jointly organized by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) and the Sector for Emergency Management of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia. At the exercise, which was mutually assessed as very successful, 38 countries participated with a total of 2,000 participants. The exercise was opened by the President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The exercise enabled the civil structures of state bodies dealing with the protection and rescue area to work together with teams from different countries to test their capacities in order to provide a unique response in emergency situations. The organization of the exercise is an indicator of improved cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and NATO within the framework of the "Partnership for Peace" program. |