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| Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:04 AM | |||
| China to donate technical and medical equipment to Serbian Armed Forces. | |||
Chinese
and Serbian defense ministries Wednesday, July 23, 2014, signed a protocol
by which China agreed to donate technical and medical equipment worth
355,000 euros (about 479,250 U.S. dollars) as a way of assistance after
heavy floods hit the country mid-May. The protocol for the donation was
signed by the representative of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense,
Senior Colonel Wang Haibin, and chief of the Serbian Military Medicine
Department Brigadier General Zoran Popovic. |
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 Chinese Ministry of National Defense, Senior Colonel Wang Haibin, and chief of the Serbian Military Medicine Department Brigadier General Zoran Popovic at signing ceremony. |
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The
signing ceremony was attended by Serbian Defense Minister Bratislav Gasic
and new Chinese ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang.
After the signing, Li said that the "Chinese people always stood together with the Serbian people." "After the heavy floods that caused great damage to Serbia, the donation of the Chinese people shows friendship and support towards the Serbian people," he added. Gasic said that the donation to the Serbian Armed Forces and the Defense Ministry was significant as the army spent much of its resources trying to provide medical assistance to people across Serbia affected by the floods. "This is yet another in a series of donations coming from China directed to the Serbian Armed Forces. Last year, we received significant assistance in specialized ambulance vehicles worth 2 million U.S. dollars in total," Gasic recalled. According to the Serbian Defense Ministry, China also made three donations in IT equipment worth 1.5 million euros since 2005. (1 euro = 1.35 U.S. dollars) |
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