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Serbia submitted its first Individual Partnership Programme (IPP) to NATO in early 2009. Areas of cooperation and specific events in which Serbia wishes to participate are detailed in this document, which is jointly agreed with NATO.
In 2003, Belgrade formally applied to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP). Cooperation continued, and a transit agreement for forces operating in Kosovo was signed by the country in July 2005.
Southeastern Europe Defence Ministers gathered on the 21st of October, in Sofia, to discuss issues of security and cooperation in the region. The international forum was opened by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov. Host of the meeting was the Minister of Defence Nickolay Mladenov.
Bulgaria took over the rotating Chairmanship of the South-Eastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) process on July 15, 2009.
