MOSCOW 

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu and Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin agreed to expand and strengthen military cooperation between the two countries at a meeting in Moscow on Thursday.

Shoygu noted that the two countries are gradually and successfully implementing a program, adopted many years ago.

"We always have issues to discuss with our Serbian friends. Cooperation between Russia and Serbia has become dynamic and multifaceted in recent years," he said.

For his part, Vulin said an office of the Russian Defense Ministry will be opened in Serbia's capital Belgrade in the nearest future under the previously signed agreement.

Vulin noted that the Russian-Serbian military cooperation has been developing dynamically and praised Shoygu's contribution to it.