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BANJA LUKA, May 10 (FENA) - Minister of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sifet Podžić, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of BiH (AFBiH) Colonel General Senad Mašović, Commander of the Operational Command of the AF BiH Major General Radovan Ilić and Chief of ODC at US Embassy in BiH Major Taib Grozdanić, at the AFBiH Combat Training Center in Manjača near Banja Luka officially presented the bilateral exercise of the AF BiH and the United States Armed Forces "Immediate Response 21".
The Commander of the Command for Training and Doctrine of the AF BiH, Brigadier Slaven Blavicki, was also available to the media, as the director of the exercise "Immediate Response 21".
The exercise, in which about 500 members of the AF BiH and about 700 US soldiers will take part, will be held at the military training grounds of the AF BiH at Manjača and Glamoč, as well as at the barracks and Dubrava airport near Tuzla from May 17 to June 2.
The BiH Presidency approved this exercise in February 2020.
The "Immediate Response 21" exercise is part of a large multinational exercise "Defender Europe 21" conducted by the US Armed Forces Europe and Africa Command, linking four different military exercises on European soil.
The exercise gathers a total of about 28,000 participants in four related exercises, which will be held at 31 military training grounds in 12 countries, with the participation of armed forces from a total of 27 countries.
The head of the ODC at the US Embassy in BiH, Major Taib Grozdanić, reminded that this is the largest exercise of the Armed Forces of BiH in recent history, emphasizing that "when you have good partners, everything is much easier."
Special attention at the exercise will be paid to the compliance with epidemiological measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journalists will also be invited to witness the arrival of the majority of the US forces at the Sarajevo International Airport this week, and a special day that will be held for the distinguished guests near the end of the exercise at Manjača, stated the Public Relations Office of the Ministry of Defense of BiH.
(FENA) S. R.
