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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Traditional friendship, excellent cooperation of Greece and Serbia

Belgrade/Athens, 2 November 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic met in Athens today with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and conveyed regards from Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. He expressed gratitude for the support which Greece provides to our country.

The traditionally close and good historical relations, mental and spiritual closeness of our two peoples were crowned in 2019 with the Strategic Partnership Agreement, according to Selakovic.

He said that strategic partners should help each other and Serbia was honoured to help her Greek friends during the recent wildfires, and underlined that the brotherly Greek people can always count on help from the Serbian people.

Greek support is present in two questions, which are very important to us. The one is support to Serbia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in the issue of Kosovo and Metohija and we hope that this support will continue. The second is support to our membership in the EU, Selakovic said.

According to him, since the very start Greece has firmly advocated support to the EU membership of the entire Western Balkans, for which Serbia is very grateful.

The Minister expressed satisfaction with the upward trend in relations and cooperation between the two countries, adding that Serbia attaches great importance to political dialogue at the highest level with friendly Greece, and that we expect the visit of top Greek officials soon.

Selakovic also voiced the expectation that the Fourth Meeting of the High Council for Cooperation between the two countries will be held after the epidemiological situation calms down.

The Minister praised the economic cooperation between the two countries, saying that we are very satisfied that Greece is one of the largest investors in our economy, and called on Greek companies to continue investing in Serbia.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou thanked Serbia for its selfless help during this year's wildfires that hit Greece and described it as proof of deep friendly relations between the two countries and peoples.

Sakellaropoulou pointed out that Serbia and Greece maintain regular ties at a high and highest level, and that there is a lot of room for bilateral cooperation to be strengthened and improved.

Greece wants to help Serbia strategically, and the Thessaloniki summit held in 2003 is a good basis for the Western Balkans to join the EU. We think that is the only way to achieve security and stability in the region and the well-being of all its peoples, said President Sakellaropoulou.