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Slovakia strongly supports Serbia's European path

Belgrade/Bratislava, 28 October 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic talked today in Bratislava, at the beginning of a two-day official visit to Slovakia, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of that country, Ivan Korcok.

At a joint press conference, Selakovic reminded that trade relations in the first eight months showed serious signs of economic recovery after a year of pandemic.

In the first eight months, Serbian exports to Slovakia increased by 43.9 percent, and Slovakia's exports to Serbia by 50.9 percent. As of September, we will exceed the level we had throughout 2020, he underlined.

He expressed confidence that the next meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for Economic Cooperation between Serbia and Slovakia would consider the possibilities of developing economic potentials.

Selakovic expressed gratitude to Slovakia and Minister Korcok for supporting Serbia on its European path, believing that after a positive progress report, concrete reforms will be rewarded with the opening of new negotiating clusters.

Also, the head of Serbian diplomacy thanked Slovakia for providing support to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia.

I assure you, Belgrade is the participant in the negotiation process between Belgrade and Pristina who is dedicated to dialogue as the only way to resolve the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. We refrain from responding to provocations and unilateral actions, and we are committed to the implementation of the agreements reached in 10 years of negotiations, Selakovic said.

Selakovic also reminded that one very important link between Serbia and Slovakia, the Slovak national community in Serbia, is a community of honest, hard-working and good people.

Korcok pointed out that Slovakia strongly supports Serbia's European path, and that the achieved progress must be rewarded by opening a cluster, emphasizing that in connection with the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, everything that has been agreed must be implemented.

He assessed that bilateral cooperation is excellent and that economic cooperation should be further developed, and emphasised that those successes and job creation are important to Slovakia.