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Serbia, Russia ink partnership declaration
Belgrade/Sochi,
24 May 2013
Serbian and Russian Presidents Tomislav Nikolic and Vladimir Putin signed a declaration on strategic partnership in Sochi.
Author:
Tanjug
Nikolic and Putin stated that by signing the declaration the cooperation between Serbia and Russia is raised to a higher level, and announced talks on important joint projects.
Nikolic thanked Putin for Russia's stance regarding Serbia, in particular for the principled position not to recognize the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
As you yourself say, our relations are getting better and better. The frequent contacts between the two of us and between our associates are contributing to this improvement. Serbia is quite pleased about its relationship with Russia, Nikolic said.
It could always be better, of course, but Serbia is grateful to the Russian Federation for being on the right side, on the side of international law, concerning our Kosovo problem, the Serbian President noted.
He said that the meetings today will touch on the projects that were underway and those that were expected to be launched and that he would inform the Russian president about the latest developments in Belgrade's dialogue with Pristina and the current situation regarding Kosovo.
The meeting of the two presidents was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.
The delegation led by Nikolic also includes Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning Minister Milan Bacevic, Serbian Ambassador to Moscow Slavenko Terzic and President’s adviser Marko Djuric.
Nikolic thanked Putin for Russia's stance regarding Serbia, in particular for the principled position not to recognize the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo.
As you yourself say, our relations are getting better and better. The frequent contacts between the two of us and between our associates are contributing to this improvement. Serbia is quite pleased about its relationship with Russia, Nikolic said.
It could always be better, of course, but Serbia is grateful to the Russian Federation for being on the right side, on the side of international law, concerning our Kosovo problem, the Serbian President noted.
He said that the meetings today will touch on the projects that were underway and those that were expected to be launched and that he would inform the Russian president about the latest developments in Belgrade's dialogue with Pristina and the current situation regarding Kosovo.
The meeting of the two presidents was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov.
The delegation led by Nikolic also includes Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning Minister Milan Bacevic, Serbian Ambassador to Moscow Slavenko Terzic and President’s adviser Marko Djuric.
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