After the meeting, Vucevic pointed out that he is very satisfied with today's talks, expressing his gratitude to Cyprus for its consistent and principled attitude towards all the most important and sensitive issues for our country, territorial integrity and sovereignty, i.e., the principles of the rule of international public law.
We also do not want to see a divided island, we see united Cyprus, with one government in Nicosia and it will forever be like that, as long as this is the policy of Cyprus, he pointed out.
When it comes to military-economic and military-technical cooperation, Vucevic expressed the hope that it will be strengthened even more and that we will have serious trade exchanges in those areas.
The Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, as well as the Foreign Ministry are proud of our participation in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus and the opportunity to be part of the family of states whose soldiers and police officers guard and take care of the security of the citizens of Cyprus, the Deputy Prime Minister said.
He expressed satisfaction that Cyprus is interested in weapons and military equipment produced by the Serbian defence industry, adding that our country is also interested in part of the weapons and military equipment that the Republic of Cyprus has, exclusively in the context of strengthening the defence capacities of the Serbian Armed Forces.
Petrides said that his visit to Belgrade is a confirmation of traditional ties, friendship and cooperation between Cyprus and Serbia.
We have an active programme of annual defence cooperation that includes exercises, training and other activities both in Cyprus and in Serbia. We discussed ways to improve our cooperation in the near future, he said.