CROWN PRINCE ATTENDS POLICE DAY CEREMONY

Belgrade, 28 May 2007 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander II attended yesterday the ceremony marking the Ministry of Internal Affairs Day and the Serbian Police Day at the Makiš training centre in Belgrade.

Preceding the ceremony, the Minister of Internal Affairs Dragan Jocic laid a wreath of flowers at the Ministry building, on which is a plaque dedicated to Jakov Nenadovic, the first Minister of Internal Affairs in modern Serbian history. He also laid wreaths at the Cukur cesma monument.

Minister of Internal Affairs Dragan Jocic said that the reformed police will continue to battle organized crime and will reduce it to a level which would not be threatening the state. He added that the police forces in Serbia are deeply involved in the reform process, and that the police will serve the citizens of Serbia.

HE Dr. Vojislav Kostunica, Prime Minister of Serbia, HE Mr. Bozidar Djelic, Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Rade Bulatovic, Director of BIA, Ministers, Serbian Orthodox Church leaders, Army representatives and members of the Diplomatic Corps, as well as the large number of citizens, were all present at the event.

The most interesting part of the ceremony was the demonstration of police training, counter-terrorism, martial arts skills and the show of modern police equipment, machinery, and vehicles.