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Dacic at UN at opening of Summit on Sustainable Development Goals

Belgrade/New York, 18 September 2023

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic attended, as a member of the delegation of the Republic of Serbia, the opening of the Summit on Sustainable Development Goals.

The summit was opened by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and United Nations General Assembly President Dennis Francis, ahead of the opening of the general debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.

Dacic will be in New York this week, where, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, he will participate and speak at events that will bring together numerous world leaders, with the aim of presenting Serbia's views on key issues of international importance.

He will also participate in the preparatory ministerial meeting for the Summit on the Future, as well as the Summit on Climate Ambitions.

On the sidelines of the general debate, a series of accompanying events and meetings of regional initiatives will be held, in which the participation of the First Deputy Prime Minister is also planned. The most important among them are the ministerial meetings of the Central European Initiative and the Cooperation Process in Southeast Europe.

Participation in the general debate and a number of other accompanying gatherings at the UN will be an opportunity for the implementation of numerous bilateral meetings between the head of Serbian diplomacy and senior officials of the UN member states. They will be used to improve overall bilateral relations and promote our key foreign policy interests, especially in the context of the Kosovo and Metohija issue.

Meetings with officials and representatives of the UN are planned as an opportunity to emphasize once again the importance that Serbia attaches to this world's largest international organization, especially when it comes to the protection of Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.