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Portugal supports European integration process of Serbia

Belgrade, 14 December 2022

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic pointed out today that this year Serbia and Portugal are celebrating 140 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, which is a good opportunity to agree on a series of activities in order to work on the further intensification of bilateral cooperation.

Speaking at a press conference, which was preceded by a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Portugal João Gomes Cravinho, Dacic stated that we have no open, disputed bilateral issues with this friendly country, and added that he is grateful for the support that Portugal provides us on the way to the EU.

According to him, although the economic relations between Serbia and Portugal are not at the level they could be, this year, for the first time, the foreign trade exchange between the two countries will exceed €100 million.

This is historically perhaps the most significant result, but it is certainly less compared to what we can do, regardless of the fact that we are geographically distant and that we may have different foreign policy priorities when it comes to some regions, said the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Cravinho expressed the expectation that his visit to Serbia will mark the beginning of the intensification of relations between the two countries in various fields.

He stated that Portugal is very quickly going through various transformations, such as those in the field of energy and digitalisation, in which the two countries could cooperate.

Portugal supports the European integration process of Serbia and other countries of the Western Balkans, Cravinho said, adding that the country understands all the problems that exist here and provides support for dialogue and mechanisms that can be found to promote faster integration.