Bujanovac – Brigadier General Slobodan Stopa, the Commander of the Fourth Army Brigade, which operates in South Serbia, by a decree of the President of Serbia, was awarded the medal for diligent service and outstanding credits.

He is one of the 50 members of the Ministry of Defense and the Army who, on the occasion of the Army Day and infantry, received the award at a ceremony held at the Army of Serbia Center in Nis.  

Upon receiving the award, General Stopa said that he perceived the award as a "recognition of my entire work" in the past.

"But this is also the motive and obligation for me to serve Serbia honorably in the future, too,”  General Stopa said, while the Ministry of Defense published it. 

Source: Bujanovac News and Coordination Body