Starovic meets with officials of US administration in Washington

BELGRADE/WASHINGTON - State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Defence Nemanja Starovic met with officials of the US administration in Washington on Tuesday.

Starovic is heading a Ministry of Defence delegation on a visit to the US.

As part of preparations for Serbia-US bilateral consultations on defence, Starovic met with the director for the Balkans and Central Europe in the US National Security Council Jeremy Long, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the US Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Stanley Brown and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar, who is also Washington's special Western Balkans envoy.

Starovic also attended a panel on the US-Serbian defence partnership, hosted in the US Congress by the Serbian embassy in Washington and the Halyard Foundation.

The Washington premiere of the WWII-themed Serbian film The Heroes of Halyard was held after the panel.