3 hours agoReuters: Buying Chinese missile system publishes deepening Serbia-Kine ties
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Serbia has acquired a generation of land-air missiles from China, giving signs of deepening co-operation between Beijing and Belgrade. Buying missile defense systems, FK-3, is included in the state arms company's annual report, Jugoimport SPR, which has been sent to the Agency for Business Records, [...]
Serbia has acquired a generation of land-air missiles from China, giving signs of deepening co-operation between Beijing and Belgrade.
Buying missile defence systems, FK-3, is included in the state arms company's annual report, Jugoimport SPR, which has been sent to the Agency for Business Records, has broadcast news agency Reuters.
Jugoimport DSPR has said it has reached 163 import agreements in 31 states, worth $620.3m in 2019.
Among the weapons purchased also include armed fears from China and the first European purchase of systems, FK-3.
The largest stake in imports has to do with modernising aircraft, proselytising drone systems and air defence system, FK-3”, is said in the statement.
Beijing views Serbia as part of the initiative, A Strip a Street, aimed at opening new foreign trade ties with Chinese companies.
China has also invested billions of euros in the country in the past, mainly through soft loans, infrastructure and energy projects.
At the end of June, the Serbian Air Force has accepted six BiH-92A military fears, marking the first shipment of such Chinese equipment to Europe.
Serbia, which hopes to join the European Union, has declared military neutrality in 2006 and joined NATO's Peace and Co-operation Programme, though it is not aimed at full membership in the north-Atlantic alliance.
The Serbian Army is based mainly on past Soviet technology, until recently it has secured even type aircraft -- MiG-29, rockets, helicopters, tanks and commercial transports of personnel.
