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Readiness to improve economic cooperation with Sri Lanka
Belgrade/Colombo,
7 May 2018
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed readiness today in Colombo to intensify bilateral political dialogue at the high and highest level, as well as to enhance cooperation in all areas.
Ivica Dacic, left, and Ranil Wickremesinghe
Author:
Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The both sides expressed satisfaction with the decades-long and traditionally friendly relations between Serbia and Sri Lanka, with particular emphasis on the possibilities of developing cooperation in the economic field.
In this context, they agreed that direct contacts between businessmen and chambers of commerce are very important and that it is necessary to organise mutual visits.
Dacic conveyed to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka the gratitude of the government, parliament and the people of Serbia for the position of that country regarding the non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, with the expectation that Sri Lanka will continue to maintain this position in the future.
Wickremesinghe emphasised that Sri Lanka, bearing in mind the problems with the secessionist tendencies it had in its own country, pays a special importance to the integrity of states, and that it will not change its stance on the non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
He pointed out that the Sri Lankans are fond of remembering Tito, and Dacic recalled that President Tito was twice on a visit to Sri Lanka - in 1959 and 1976, at the summits of the Non-Aligned Movement.
In this context, they agreed that direct contacts between businessmen and chambers of commerce are very important and that it is necessary to organise mutual visits.
Dacic conveyed to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka the gratitude of the government, parliament and the people of Serbia for the position of that country regarding the non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo, with the expectation that Sri Lanka will continue to maintain this position in the future.
Wickremesinghe emphasised that Sri Lanka, bearing in mind the problems with the secessionist tendencies it had in its own country, pays a special importance to the integrity of states, and that it will not change its stance on the non-recognition of the unilaterally proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
He pointed out that the Sri Lankans are fond of remembering Tito, and Dacic recalled that President Tito was twice on a visit to Sri Lanka - in 1959 and 1976, at the summits of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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