The decision to start military service, he said, depends on the readiness of capacities and military facilities.
"We will make that decision soon, in the next month or two, and go before the Assembly and start recording military conscripts,” he said on 29. in January, after meeting with military leaders on the state and analysis of the capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces for 2025. year.
The Military term, as Vucic recalled, will last 75 days.
"We need to get all the facilities ready. We have enough guns and boots but there are some things that are not fully ready yet,” he said.
He added that recruitment centers had to be rebuilt, ambulances upgraded and rebuilt, and other things.
"These are important issues because we want to be ready for that and for these young people to spend the army in the best conditions. To acquire the necessary responsibility and seriousness, as well as the attitude towards patriotism,” Vucic said.
Compulsory military service must be passed by Parliament by law.
In recent years, government officials have repeatedly announced the return of military service.
The idea was announced in January 2024. At that time, the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces launched an initiative and proposed to the president the introduction of military conscription.
In September of the same year, Vucic signed an agreement to return the compulsory military service to Serbia.
Since its abolition, 1. January 2011. the military is only voluntary.
The return of compulsory military service is in October 2025. the neighbouring Croatia also voted.
Among the countries that have not abolished compulsory military service are Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Austria, Turkey, Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
Comments