An annual conference for the planning of activities of military cooperation between Serbia and the United States was held in Belgrade on Thursday, at which activities for 2011 were agreed upon.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Serbian Defense Ministry and the Serbian Armed Forces, the United States European Command, the Ohio National Guard and the Pentagon, according to the website of the Serbian Ministry.

The participants at the conference agreed upon the activities, and Head of Department for International Military Cooperation at the Serbian Defense Ministry Milorad Peric and new U.S. Defense Attaché in Belgrade Col. Paul Brotzen signed the plan containing 99 actions.

The plan envisages practical forms of cooperation through joint military exercises, training and education in the U.S. and civil-military cooperation. A protocol was also signed on the education of American officers in the command and staff training programs at the Serbian Defense Ministry's University of Defense, the ministry said.