Djuric meets with China's Wang

BEIJING - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Chinese FM Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday, noting that Serbia-China relations were at a historic high and that the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries had been deepened further by Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Serbia this year and raised to the level of a community with a shared future in the new era.

During the three-hour meeting, Djuric thanked Wang for supporting the policy of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the Serbian government and noted that Serbia would continue to support, and actively participate in, cooperation within Xi's Belt and Road initiative and the China-CEEE mechanism of cooperation.

He noted that mutual support on vital issues of national interest, above all, on the principle of respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity, represented a special value in the relations between the two countries.

Djuric again thanked China for its principled position on the Kosovo-Metohija issue and for the support provided in that regard both bilaterally and within international organisations.

Besides being directed against Serbs in the province, Pristina's unilateral moves are aimed at disturbing Serbia's relations with foreign partners, Djuric noted.

Commenting on the growing economic cooperation with China, Djuric noted that Serbia was interested in even more intensive presence of Chinese companies in the infrastructure, mining and high-tech sectors, as well as in better inter-human ties through an exchange of services in tourism.

He said the exceptional Serbia-China political relations and strategic partnership had led to significantly more intense economic cooperation that had produced impressive results.

Djuric especially highlighted the significance of the entry into force of a FTA with China.