NATO conference in Belgrade announced

9 February 2011 | 16:51 | Source: Beta

BELGRADE -- Serbian Defense Minister Dragan Šutanovac expects that ruling coalition’s leaders will meet in the next few days to discuss the government reshuffle. Dragan Šutanoavc (Tanjug) He believes, however, that Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković is doing a good job. “I don’t agree that Mirko Cvetković is a bad ‘captain’, simply the times are difficult. I expect us to start this year with a better energy and to keep the promises we made,” he told reporters. The minister also pointed out that this was more important than dismissal of ministers or who would lead the government. G17 Plus also realizes that the government reshuffle is necessary. G17 Plus leader Mlađan Dinkić and party official Vlajko Senić have stated that the government has lost its authority and that the opposition will win the next elections if they do not make some changes. Šutanovac has confirmed that NATO strategic conference dubbed “After Lisbon – implementation of transformation” will be held in Belgrade in June. He added that NATO honored Serbia with the conference. A total of 69 countries will attend the meeting and 28 of them will be NATO countries and 22 members of the Partnership for Peace program. “That will be an opportunity to present military capacity, but also our capacity to organize such a big gathering,” the defense minister pointed out. He denied that the demolished General Staff headquarters would be given to Telekom Srbija as a compensation for the use of the phone tapping equipment and said that the Serbian Army (VS) would sell or exchange its real estate.