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General Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (middle) pictured exchanging documents with Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen (L) in 2009. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Russian Army Chief of Staff Gen. Nikolay Makarov has arrived on a visit to Belgrade leading a delegation that is supposed to reinvigorate the military cooperation between Serbia and Russia.
"We have too many problems in common that we can resolve and work on together, including in the military sphere. That is why a Russian military delegation came to Serbia – so that we can determine the level of our relations for which we are going to aspire and that both counties can be happy," Gen. Makarov stated in Belgrade as quoted by the correspondent of the Bulgarian National Radio.
Makarov did say that Russia saw its present military cooperation with Serbia as "weak" - unlike past times when "the peoples of Serbia and Russia used to live very unified."
He pointed out with regret that in the past 10 years the military relations between Serbia and Russia were terminated. This, in his words, necessitates their restoration.
"Moscow does not approve of NATO's expansion to the Russian borders," the top Russian general said as well.
Makarov's Serbian counterpart, Gen. Miletic, declared Serbia was interested in the training of military officers in anti-terrorist and intelligence activities.
In addition, Serbia would like to expand the system for maintenance of the Russian-made weapons that it has in its arsenal.
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