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Traditional friendship, strategic partnership with Russia
Belgrade/Sochi,
18 February 2018
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic led the delegation of the Republic of Serbia to the 16th session of the Serbian-Russian Intergovernmental Committee for Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation yesterday in Sochi.
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Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dacic participated in the work of the Intergovernmental Committee as co-chair on the Serbian side, while on the Russian side, this function is performed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Rogozin.
The First Deputy Prime Minister assessed after the meeting that it was very positive that in the previous year, 2017, the foreign trade exchange between the two countries increased compared to 2016, amounting to $2.5 billion.
He said that the aim is to develop economic relations as well as to use all the benefits of the Free Trade Agreement and the current negotiation that this agreement applies to all members of the Eurasian Union, in addition to very good political relations.
According to him, Serbia and the Russian Federation have very good cooperation in the field of energy and agriculture, and some new projects are being prepared in the sphere of economy and industry.
In a few days, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov arrives in Belgrade to mark the 180th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Russia.
We have good cooperation at the international level - when it comes to protecting our national and state interests. There is a traditional friendship and strategic partnership with the Russian Federation and our task is to use this as a good basis for the development of cooperation in all segments of social life, Dacic underlined.
The First Deputy Prime Minister assessed after the meeting that it was very positive that in the previous year, 2017, the foreign trade exchange between the two countries increased compared to 2016, amounting to $2.5 billion.
He said that the aim is to develop economic relations as well as to use all the benefits of the Free Trade Agreement and the current negotiation that this agreement applies to all members of the Eurasian Union, in addition to very good political relations.
According to him, Serbia and the Russian Federation have very good cooperation in the field of energy and agriculture, and some new projects are being prepared in the sphere of economy and industry.
In a few days, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov arrives in Belgrade to mark the 180th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Serbia and Russia.
We have good cooperation at the international level - when it comes to protecting our national and state interests. There is a traditional friendship and strategic partnership with the Russian Federation and our task is to use this as a good basis for the development of cooperation in all segments of social life, Dacic underlined.
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