The Republic of Serbia welcomes the Third Summit between President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in and Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un held in Pyongyang, demonstrating an indisputable progress made in the relations on the Korean Peninsula since the historic Panmunjeom Declaration was adopted on 27 April 2018.

The two sides’ wisdom, good will and efforts to achieve peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula through dialogue and negotiations are worthy of every praise and merit worldwide support.

Confident that the Pyongyang Summit has further affirmed the new era in relations between the two Koreas, the Republic of Serbia, as a true friend of both countries, welcomes this new step towards full denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, achievement of lasting peace and all-round progress for their citizens under the newly adopted Pyongyang Joint Declaration.

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First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic met today with Mr. Rolf Wenzel, Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank, and the CEB delegation, who are on a working visit to Belgrade.

In the cordial talks, progress in the implementation of the Regional Housing Programme was commended and underlined by both sides as an example of good practice towards the resolution of the displacement issue.

Also underscored was the importance of the CEB’s involvement in various projects carried out in the Republic of Serbia, including the financing of projects for the reconstruction of healthcare facilities as key among them.

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First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic today received Mr. Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Head of foreign policy sector in the leading Greek opposition party, the New Democracy.

In the talks, both sides estimated that the bilateral relations between the Republic of Serbia and the Hellenic Republic were based on strong friendship and time-tested closeness and solidarity between the two peoples, going beyond politics of any kind.

Giorgos Koumoutsakos conveyed the full understanding and support of the New Democracy concerning the preservation of sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia, and its European integration process.

In the talks, the collocutors also discussed current developments in the region, in which context a strong interest and commitment on the part of Serbia and Greece were expressed to contribute as much as possible to all processes in support of stability in the region.

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First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic is today visiting Moscow to take part in the Russian Energy Week’s international energy forum.

During his stay in Moscow, the Serbian Foreign Minister met with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Co-Chairman of the Serbia-Russia Intergovernmental Committee on Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technological Cooperation, Yury Borisov, as well as with the CEO of Gazprom company, Alexey Miller.

“Meeting with the Russian Federation’s Deputy Prime Minister was very important since we agreed to hold a session of the Intergovernmental Committee in November, in Belgrade. It is agreed to schedule the meeting prior to the previously announced visit by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to Belgrade, and to take this opportunity to discuss all topics relevant to our cooperation.

At today’s meeting, we affirmed that there was a positive trend in the development of the two countries’ economic relations, and that our foreign trade is on the rise every year. Last year, the overall trade totalled EUR 2.5 billion, and it is estimated that the current year would top this figure.

Furthermore, I also had talks with Alexey Miller, the CEO of Gazprom, company of great importance for Serbia’s energy security.

He informed me about the construction works on the Turkish Stream and of the talks between his company and Bulgaria on the realization of a project of gas pipeline via Bulgaria to Serbia.

This is very important matter for Serbia, as our country is dependent on one gas supply route only – that going from Russia through Ukraine. On the other hand, the attempt to build a South Stream had previously failed due to obstruction by Bulgaria and the EU/European Commission.

For Serbia, the issue of having another gas supply route is one of great importance. We established with the Russian side that there are no obstacles in this context; that we are absolutely in favour of a joint construction of such infrastructure through Serbia, but that all relations with Bulgaria should be settled so as to avoid new problems related to building a pipeline.

Minister Aleksandar Antic is also in Moscow to have talks in his capacity, all in the interest of the promotion of relations between the Russian Federation and Serbia”, said the Serbian Foreign Minister after his meetings in Moscow.

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