Serbian troops in first-ever peace operation with US forces

The Serbian troops will deploy as part of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) established to monitor the implementation of a 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel brokered by the United States.

Politika recalled that the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) troops were deployed to the Sinai in the 1950s and 1960s as part of a UN peacekeeping force separating the two sides. That was the most extensive JNA peacekeeping engagement.

The Serbian troops will deploy with the MFO in July. “The contingent will include 10 army engineers from several units,” the Defense Ministry said in a reply to Politika.