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Serbia, Greece sign agreement on abolition of roaming charges

Belgrade / Athens, 13 May 2021

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met today in Athens, on the eve of the Delphi Economic Forum, with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the President of that country, Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

After the meeting with Sakellaropoulou, Brnabic expressed gratitude for Greece's support for Serbia's European path and for advocating the process of EU enlargement.

The Prime Minister pointed out that the support of Greece means a lot to Serbia, because European integration is an important precondition for long-term stability.

On that occasion, she congratulated the jubilee of Greece, since this year marks the 200th anniversary of the war of liberation from the Ottoman rule in 1821.

The Prime Minister conveyed the greetings of President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic to Sakellaropoulou and congratulated her on being the first woman president of Greece in history.

As the Prime Minister of Serbia I am always happy when I have meetings here about joint projects, because Greece is one of Serbia's biggest partners, politically and economically, and the two nations have brotherly feelings, Brnabic emphasised.

Sakellaropoulou expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister of Serbia for participating in the celebration of the great jubilee, which, as she pointed out, shows the exceptional relations between the countries and the historical ties of our peoples.

She expressed confidence that after the pandemic, the relations between the two countries will strengthen and develop even more, noting that Greece is interested in developing strategic relations with Serbia in all sectors.

According to her, the perspective of further expansion of the EU to the Western Balkans is of essential importance, and since the Summit in Thessaloniki in 2003, that has been a strategic goal of Greece.

The President of Greece emphasised that this is the only way for security, stability and development of the region, noting that the country supports Serbia's European perspective and will help in everything it can.

After the meetings with the state leadership of Greece, Brnabic announced that Serbia and Greece will sign an agreement on the abolition of roaming charges next week.

We have negotiated a roaming agreement with Greece, according to which our citizens who come to Greece will no longer pay the roaming tariff abroad, but it will be like a local call and sending SMS messages, the Prime Minister of Serbia explained.

She stated that Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Tatjana Matic will come to Athens next week to sign the agreement, which will enter into force immediately.

As a government, we have done everything to make it easier for citizens who plan to travel to Greece during the summer, Brnabic pointed out, adding that she thanked the Greek Prime Minister for the unilateral recognition of our digital vaccination certificates by Greece.

According to her, from 14 May, the Greeks will open the Evzoni border crossing, and all vaccinated citizens of Serbia will be able to enter Greece without any problems without any other confirmation.

Those who have not been vaccinated will have to have a negative PCR test, stated Brnabic and repeated that the state has done everything in its power to make it easier for citizens to travel to Greece.