SARAJEVO, June 8 (FENA) - Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sifet Podžić spoke today with Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to BiH Andrea Rauber Saxer, and expressed gratitude for the Swiss government's significant involvement in projects to address surplus weapons and ammunition and modernize military storages of the BiH Armed Forces.
Ambassador Saxer, who will soon end her term in BiH, was particularly interested in how much the Covid-19 pandemic affected the activities of the BiH Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces and the implementation of planned projects.
Minister Podžić stated that 11 people from the defense system were infected with coronavirus and that one officer of the Armed Forces of BiH passed away, while the others recovered, and he expressed content with the fact that the infection did not enter the barracks of the Armed Forces.
Ambassador Saxer pointed out that the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces will still be able to count on various forms of support provided by the Swiss government, stated the Public Relations Office of the Ministry of Defense of BiH.
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