Vucic: All important topics of mutual interest discussed with Aliyev

NIS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Nis on Sunday to discuss all important topics of interest for bilateral and economic relations between the two countries as well as current geopolitical affairs.

"With my friend Aliyev, today I discussed all important topics of interest for our bilateral and economic relations," Vucic wrote in an Instagram post, adding that the meeting had also addressed "current geopolitical affairs that are a burden to the region and the whole world."

"I am proud we have succeeded in building excellent relations with Azerbaijan that we have raised to the level of strategic partnership as part of which, besides the energy sector, we are also working on numerous other fields in which we are advancing our cooperation, such as the military industry, high technology and joint production for third-country markets," Vucic concluded.

Earlier, Vucic also met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev.

Vucic, Aliyev and Radev were in Nis for the ceremonial launch of a Serbia-Bulgaria natural gas interconnector.