Belgrade, 4 June 2013 – First Deputy Prime Minister responsible for defense, security and the fight against corruption and crime and Minister of Defense Aleksandar Vucic spoke today with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas. Vucic expressed satisfaction with the cooperation with KFOR and the United States’ decision to keep the present level of troops in Kosovo-Metohija. The First Deputy Prime Minister informed Farkas about the elements of the agreement reached between Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels and the plan for its implementation. He also noted that bilateral military cooperation between Serbia and the United States is at a high level. Farkas stated that the United States supports reforms and European integration of Serbia and added that the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina is a brave and pragmatic decision which will contribute to a better future of Serbia to a large degree. She underlined that the United States will not withdraw its troops from KFOR until the conditions for that are created.