Vucinqi says they are planning the purchase of Rafare aircraft from France

Reuters writes that experts saw this as the last “that Belgrade is being distanced from its traditional arms supplier and ally Russia”, deankosova.tv follows.

“We have negotiated the purchase of 12 new aircraft a year and we also plan to buy another 12 aircraft used by another country”, Vuciq said.

Serbia's president also stressed that Belgrade is also considering buying additional aircraft to replace aircraft produced in the former Yugoslavia.

Serbia and Dassalult Aviation, a French company for the production of military and business aircraft, have discussed the purchase and sale of 12 aircraft, the French newspaper “Tribone Weekly” reported last week.

Reuters recalls that Serbia three years ago bought “Mistral”, the French land-air system, while in 2016 bought helicopters from “Airbus”.

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