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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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High level of friendship, cooperation between Serbia, India

Belgrade /New Delhi, 3 May 2018

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, who is on an official visit to the Republic of India, expressed his satisfaction with the visit and emphasised that relations between Serbia and India are traditionally good and characterised by a high level friendship and cooperation.

Author: Tanjug

After today's meetings in New Delhi, Dacic said that this was a very successful and important visit to India, a country that is our traditional friend and partner.

Unfortunately, this was the first visit of a Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia in the past ten years, he said, and assessed that we neglected ties with our traditional friends, which had a big impact on us regarding the most important issue for us, the issue of Kosovo.

He noted that with great pleasure he can say that in recent years Serbia's relations with India have been fully revitalised.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic paid a visit to India as Prime Minister, where he attended a business conference. We expect the visit of the Vice President of India in September. My visit is an introduction to an even stronger connection of our countries, Dacic said.

According to Dacic, India is our global political partner, given its size and strength.

We are grateful for the firm, principled and unchanging attitude regarding Kosovo. We support India when it comes to its candidatures on the foreign policy plan, he added.

He assessed that the economic cooperation between the two countries is developing successfully, that the trade exchange that was $200 million in the previous year could be better, and that it is working to improve mutual economic relations.

A large number of Indian companies want to come to Serbia, there are a number of areas in which we can successfully cooperate, such as automotive, agriculture, IT and other areas, Dacic said.

Also, Dacic reminded that Serbia had abolished visas for India's citizens ad that India had made a decision on electronic visas, which practically means that they also practically abolished visas for citizens of Serbia.

We expect the Vice-President of India, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Tara Gandhi, whom I met yesterday, to visit Serbia, he added.

We find India’s support very important as we are strengthening our cooperation with the countries that are our traditional friends, Dacic pointed out.

I will visit Nepal tomorrow, and then I will also visit Sri Lanka. I expect that these three countries are firm in their attitudes towards friendly relations, he concluded.