"NATO accepts Serbia's determination to be neutral"

NATO accepts Serbia's determination to be neutral, says the deputy general secretary of NATO, Rose Gottemoeller.

In addition, NATO sees nothing disputable in it, and it does not represent an obstacle to the development of cooperation with Serbia in a number of fields, Gottemoeller said on Thursday in Belgrade during her meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Beta has reported.

The president's media service said they discussed political dialogue, forms of practical cooperation and the forthcoming meeting between Vucic and NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg.

Vucic said cooperation between Serbia and NATO had improved significantly and that mutual trust had been increased.

He reiterated that Serbia was a neutral country, without intentions to change that status, but that it was also firmly resolved to cooperate with the Alliance within the...