Ambassador Branimir Filipovic, Acting Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security Policy met, on 20 December 2016, Ambassador Jorge Domecq, Executive Director of the European Defence Agency (EDA), who is visiting the Republic of Serbia. The programme of the visit included talks in the Ministry of Defence, General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.

The talks in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dealt with current issues in the cooperation between the European Defence Agency and the relevant ministries and institutions of the Republic of Serbia, and opportunities for deepening cooperation through participation in specific projects and programmes. Views were exchanged on the security situation in Europe and the Western Balkan region; implementation of the EU Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy, as well as directions of the future development of the European defence system, and the relations with the EU and NATO.