Departure of Serbian Armed Forces Members to Peacekeeping Operation in Lebanon
Friday, 16.1.2026 | Multinational Operations
A military ceremony has been held today at the “Ribnica” Barracks in Kraljevo on the occasion of the deployment of a new Serbian Armed Forces contingent to the UN peacekeeping operation in Lebanon.
The contingent consists of an infantry company from the 2nd Army Brigade, staff officers and a group of specialists in charge of support. As part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), they will be engaged in Sector “East” of the peacekeeping operation over the next six months.
Commander of the 2nd Army Brigade, Brigadier General Nebojša Nedeljković, wished the members of the Serbian Armed Forces every success in their mission, expressing the expectation that, like their predecessors, they would professionally and responsibly carry out all assigned tasks. On this occasion, he handed the national flag of the Republic of Serbia to the commander of the infantry company, Major Igor Josipović.
The farewell ceremony was attended by representatives of units of the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces and local government bodies, as well as relatives and friends of the soldiers and officers leaving for the mission.
Before their deployment, members of the Serbian Armed Forces underwent comprehensive preparations and several months of training at the training grounds and training areas of the Serbian Armed Forces, in order to be fully prepared for engaging in peacekeeping tasks. In Lebanon, they will take over the duties from members of the Serbian Armed Forces who have been deployed for the last six months and completed successfully all tasks in accordance with the mission’s mandate.
The Serbian Armed Forces’ participation in UNIFIL began in 2010, and apart from the contingent in Sector “East”, the Serbian Armed Forces’ platoon for the protection of peacekeeping forces is currently deployed in Sector “West” in this operation.
