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Serbia appreciates Romania’s stance on Kosovo and Metohija

Belgrade/Bucharest, 28 November 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met in Bucharest today with her Romanian counterpart Nicolaе Ciuca and assessed that the two countries continue to strengthen the overall bilateral cooperation and bilateral relations.

Brnabic stated that the goal is to raise the economic cooperation between the two countries to an even higher level.

We will work on project linking and linking the chambers of commerce of the two countries, Brnabic pointed out.

The Prime Minister emphasised that Serbia greatly appreciates and is grateful to Romania for its principled position regarding the issue of Kosovo and Metohija.

Peace and stability are our goal, said the Prime Minister and added that she hopes that Ciuca will soon visit Serbia.

The Prime Minister stated that the economic cooperation between the two countries is good, but that there is still a lot of room for improving political and economic cooperation, announcing that the plan is to sign an agreement on cooperation between the chambers of commerce of the two countries and to establish a joint Serbian-Romanian chamber of commerce.

She stated that last year the exchange of goods amounted to more than €two billion, while Serbia's export to Romania was €1.1 billion, and for the last ten years we have recorded a surplus in exports.

The Prime Minister reported that the entire conversation with the Prime Minister of Romania was fruitful, and most of the talk was about energy and joint projects, adding that the plan is to complete the transmission line on the Romanian side between Pancevo and Resita.

Brnabic also mentioned the gas interconnection project, adding that the construction of Djerdap 3 is being considered, which would be an investment of more than €1 billion.

Answering the journalists' questions, the Prime Minister pointed out that Romania does not intend to change its position on Kosovo and Metohija, pointing out that the five EU member states that do not recognise the unilaterally declared independence of "Kosovo" are constantly under great pressure because there are some other member states which always pull in that direction so that the Union is not neutral in status.

She pointed out that in the last 48 hours, Serbia's partners in Spain, and now in Romania, have conveyed that they do not intend to change their position regarding our southern province.

The Prime Minister assessed that this is extremely commendable and good for the stability of the European continent, but also in the world because these are countries that adhere to the basic principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.

According to her, by respecting the principle of inviolability of the territorial integrity of internationally recognised countries such as Serbia, those countries also preserve the international legal order.

Today in Bucharest, the Prime Minister attended the Munich Leaders Meeting, which is being held as part of the upcoming Munich Security Conference, and at which one of the panels referred to the Western Balkans.

At that meeting behind closed doors, as she said, the European integration of the entire region was discussed, there was talk of regional initiatives such as the Open Balkans, the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and the constructive role of President Aleksandar Vucic and everyone in Belgrade in order to find a compromise and preserve peace and stability, not only in the Western Balkans but also in the whole of Europe.

The Prime Minister also said that no one from the Pristina delegation was present at the meeting, which speaks volumes about Romania's political position.