6 points of Serbia-Greece cooperation: What does declaration signed by Vucic and Mitsotakis entail

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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed a joint declaration in Athens today on establishing a strategic partnership between the two countries.

As the president of Serbia said after the meeting, this Declaration addresses six areas of cooperation and entails a series of common positions on the most important issues and mutual support around the most important issues for both countries, and a number of other general political positions that concern friendly and strategic relations between the two countries.

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The Serbian president thanked Mitsotakis for "supporting international law on the issue of Kosovo, which is of exceptional importance for Serbia."

 

 

 

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"Važan zadatak Srbije je da uvek bude uz Grčku, da čuva leđa Grčkoj, kao što sam siguran da će naši grčki prijatelji razumeti da mi uvek računamo na njihovu podršku i da smo sigurni da su nam leđa obezbeđena kada je Grčka iza nas. Živelo prijateljstvo Srbije i Grčke." 🇷🇸🇬🇷 - Potpisivanje Zajedničke deklaracije o uspostavljanju strateškog partnerstva Republike Srbije i Republike Grčke.A post shared by Aleksandar Vučić (@buducnostsrbijeav) on Dec 11, 2019 at 3:46am PST

"Thank you for respecting the integrity of our country. At the same time, I would like to say that the Republic of Serbia, in accordance with its obligations arising from the UN Charter and the Convention on the Law of the Sea fully supports the territorial integrity of Greece both on land and at sea, related to the last crisis that hit the Mediterranean," said President Vucic.

Defense and security

When it comes to defense and security, the Serbian president recalled the good bilateral cooperation between the two countries and stressed that it will be fostered going forward.

"We already have good bilateral cooperation, we will continue to foster good relations in the field of military industry, exchange personnel, educate our people in Athens and Thessaloniki, yours in Belgrade. We cooperate through the so-called Helbroc battle group and I expect that next year we will have a bilateral, perhaps trilateral exercise with Greece and Cyprus in the territory of Serbia," he said.

Economy

The volume of trade between Serbia and Greece amounts to EUR 500 million and the volume of trade in services is approximately EUR 530 million. President Vucic expressed his belief that these figures could increase drastically.

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He also announced that Serbia would soon receive another verification of its good economic moves.

"I want to tell the citizens of Serbia that in the next few days they will receive another verification from the world regarding our good economic results. We will see more and more Greek investments," he said.

He stressed the importance of cooperation in science and education, as well as in the cultural sphere, while a special point in the declaration is dedicated to cooperation in the field of environmental protection.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)