Source: Global Network
According to the Associated Press, Serbian President Vučić and Hungarian Prime Minister Orban observed the Serbian military weapons and equipment exhibition on the outskirts of Belgrade on the 22nd local time.
Vučić welcomed Orban's visit to Serbia without prior announcement, and the Serbian leader posted on the social platform Instagram that "Serbian and Hungarian relations are at the highest level in the history of the two countries." ”
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, they observed the military equipment exhibition at a military base on the outskirts of Belgrade on the 22nd, and members of the Serbian government were present. According to the report, about 5,000 servicemen, more than 60 aircraft, helicopters and drones, more than 2,300 weapons and military equipment, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of foreign and Serbian production participated in the exhibition. Vučić said that "the people will see their army and be proud of it."
The AP said the exhibition included low-altitude demonstrations of Russian-made MiG-29 fighters and military helicopters, and the Serbian side also displayed purchased Chinese air defense missile systems and drones.
The report also said that Vučić said that he and the Serbian military commander are observing the situation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and planning future military equipment purchases on the Serbian side.
The Associated Press believes that the Serbian exercise is seen as a demonstration of firepower in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the tense situation in the Balkans. The exhibition also takes place a day before local elections in Serb-populated areas of northern Kosovo, which will be held on the 23rd local time and are raising concerns about events such as ethnic tensions. Kosovo is an autonomous province of the Republic of Serbia, which was placed under United Nations trusteeship after the end of the Kosovo War in June 1999. In February 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence, but Serbia has always insisted on sovereignty over Kosovo. At the end of February this year, Vučić, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell and Kosovo authorities leader Kurti held a new round of talks on Kosovo in Brussels on the same day. After the talks, Vučić said that the negotiations were going on very difficult, the Serbian side insisted on the formation of a coalition of Serbian cities first, and negotiations on Kosovo would continue.