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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Sincere, traditional friendship of peoples of Serbia and Israel

Belgrade/New York, 23 September 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic met in New York today with Executive Director of American Jewish Committee David Harris.

The two interlocutors agreed that the friendship of the Jewish and Serbian peoples is sincere and traditional.

Selakovic underlined that Serbia is the first European country to have adopted the Law on removing consequences of the confiscation of property of the Holocaust victims.

He also recalled that Serbia is the first country to have endorsed the Balfour Declaration of 1917.

The Minister expressed satisfaction with the fact that the Jewish business community is present in Serbia at an enviable level.

He said that the United States of America is one of the most important foreign trade partners of Serbia and that the engagement of Serbian Ambassador to the US Marko Djuric made those ties stronger in the year when we are marking 140 years of bilateral relations of our two countries.

The Minister underlined that Serbia wants to have the best relations with the US, and to improve them, especially in the field of the economy, and to increase US investments in Serbia.

Selakovic briefed his interlocutor on the success of economic reforms in Serbia over the past seven years and underlined that Serbia is a promoter of positive agenda in the region.

This refers, for the most part, to the Open Balkans initiative.

Selakovic said that the economy can relax political relations and underlined that Serbia is grateful to the US for its support to this initiative.

The meeting was also attended by Serbian Ambassador to the US Marko Djuric, according to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.