Vucic: We are trying to make relations with Montenegro incomparably better

BELGRADE - Serbia is trying to advance its ties with Montenegro and make them incomparably better, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting with Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic in Belgrade on Monday.

"It is my great honour to have the opportunity to host President Milatovic in Belgrade on his first official visit to Belgrade as president of Montenegro," Vucic said at the Palace of Serbia.

He said meetings held on Sunday and Monday had confirmed that a strengthening of bilateral ties and the closest possible cooperation brought huge mutual benefits.

"Our good relations are important for the sake of the citizens of our countries and the citizens must feel those benefits," he said.

He said the two countries had a high volume of bilateral trade that was the highest in the world relative to the size of their populations.

"For us, Montenegro is an extremely important partner not only because of the economy and numbers, but also because of the traditional closeness and connections between our citizens, the large number of Serbs living in Montenegro and vice versa. Those are very important things for us, too, and that is why we are trying to advance our relations to make them incomparably better than they used to be," Vucic said.

He noted that the meeting with Milatovic had addressed many topics and concrete forms of cooperation.