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Bilateral meetings of Dacic on sidelines of ASEAN Summit

Belgrade/Jakarta, 4 September 2023

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic met today, on the sidelines of the 43rd Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam Erywan Yusof.

The two officials discussed the intensification of the political dialogue between Serbia and Brunei, along with the realisation of visits at a high and highest level in order to strengthen quality and mutually beneficial cooperation in bilateral and multilateral frameworks.

The Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs expressed his gratitude to Minister Yusof for the support provided by Brunei in Serbia’s multi-year efforts to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), along with interest in further strengthening cooperation within those frameworks.

The interlocutors expressed interest in encouraging and developing economic cooperation, including increasing the volume of trade exchange, as well as developing cooperation in other areas of mutual interest, such as agriculture, education, sports, police, IT.

Dacic also met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan, to whom he expressed his gratitude for the support that friendly Singapore provided to Serbia during the process of joining TAC, which will further strengthen the relations between the two countries.

The interlocutors stated that the bilateral political relations between Serbia and Singapore are traditionally friendly and are on an upward trajectory, with the expectation that the political dialogue will further intensify in the coming period.

Strong interest was expressed in the further all-round development of economic cooperation and in the continuation of mutual support in international organisations, as well as satisfaction with cooperation on the multilateral level.