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Serbia opens Israeli drone assembly plant

September 17, 2026 10:25 AM EDT

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia, June 9, 2023. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

Sept 17 (Reuters) - ‌Serbian ​President ​Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday that Serbia ‌had opened a factory to ⁠assemble advanced Israeli-made drones, ‌which will supply the ‌Serbian military and armed forces in other countries.

• ​Plant to assemble "state-of-the-art" Israeli-designed drones, he said ⁠in a post on Instagram.

• Facility to ​employ around 100 workers.

• The government and its ​Israeli partners expect ‌to open at least three more factories ⁠across the country, he added.

• Journalists were not invited ⁠to visit the facility due ​to the confidentiality of the production process.

• Vucic released only limited ‌footage of the facility, saying the public ‌would be impressed ⁠by what was ‌being produced ​there.

(Reporting by Antonis Pothitos; Editing by Joe ‌Bavier)



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