Serbia's police train in Russia

Serbia's Minister of Internal Affairs, Aleksandar Vulin, and Russia's ambassador to Belgrade, Aleksandar Bocan Harchenko, agreed on Monday to continue training Serbian police officers in Russian institutions of higher education.

Training will focus on the fight against terrorism, organised and high-tech crime, illegal drug trafficking, as well as on the field of emergency situations, Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.

Earlier, Volin has also warned a joint anti-terrorism exercise of the special units of Serbia and Russia, to be held in the autumn.

In May, Volin has visited the base of the Russian Federation National Guard, known as Rosgvardiya.

Autobots, he has said Serbia “is accomplishing good co-operation with all security services of the Russian Federation”.

Rosgvardiya, according to information on her website, was founded in April 2016 by Russian President Vladimir Putin's decree.

Rosgwardiya is under Putin's direct control.

Serbia co-operates with Russia in the areas of security and defence and maintains close ties with it, despite the European Union's demands that Serbia ʹ as a candidate country for EU membership ʹ harmonise its foreign policy with the bloc's policy.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on Russia, as it has annexed the Ukrainian Crime Peninsula in 2014.

Serbia has not joined these sanctions.