The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Marko Djuric, said that he had the opportunity to talk with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit, and that he invited him to visit Serbia.
In a statement to the media at the reception for Serbian journalists at the Embassy of Serbia in Washington, Djuric said that dialogue at the highest political level with the USA is necessary both for the continuation of economic cooperation and for the resolution of the issues he said that “we do not agree, such as the issue of the status of Kosovo”, reports the media in Belgrade.
“We need a dialogue at the highest political level with the US, not only to continue the growth and development of our economy, because America is the number one partner in terms of services, and precisely in areas related to technologies high and what is the engine of the development of our economy, but we also need this cooperation to solve those issues on which we do not agree, such as the issue of the status of Kosovo, but which cannot be resolved positively without the active engagement of the highest political level in the USA”, said Gjuriq.
He said that the presence of Serbia at the NATO Summit does not mean a change of the established course, but added that this shows that “Serbia is strengthening friendships, strengthening partnerships and strengthening its position in this part of the world.” .
“These days in Washington we are lobbying for Serbia’s position in the western part of the international community, we are talking with our friends about how to strengthen our economic, political, security and all-round relations with this part of the world”, said Gjurić.
Asked if there has been a reaction from Moscow about Serbia’s presence at the NATO Summit, Djuric said that Serbia is there as an independent, militarily neutral country, a partner of the Alliance and a member of the Partnership for Peace program for decades.
