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Importance of improving cooperation between Serbia, USA in field of culture

Belgrade/Washington, 12 October 2022

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture and Information Maja Gojkovic met in Washington with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Culture Scott Weinhold, as part of the first visit of the Minister of Culture of Serbia to the State Department in the history of bilateral relations.

Gojkovic and Weinhold emphasised the importance of improving cooperation in the field of culture in order to strengthen the overall relations between the two countries and discussed numerous topics of mutual interest.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasised the importance of marking 140 years since the exchange of diplomatic representatives between Serbia and the USA and emphasised the commitment to further development of cooperation.

Weinhold expressed his willingness to expand and strengthen numerous cooperation programmes.

The meeting also touched on the strengthening of cooperation between related institutions, such as the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, with related institutions, such as the Archives of Yugoslavia, the "Staro Sajmiste" Memorial Centre and the Museum of Genocide Victims.

Gojkovic and Weinhold also discussed the continuation of cooperation in the field of cultural heritage protection, as well as nurturing important places for the culture of memory that unite the two countries.