Serbia and China in "comprehensive strategic partnership"

During the meeting, Brnabic said that political relations of the two countries have reached the highest point of development in their history through a high level of cooperation in all areas, the Serbian government announces.

Brnabic described relations of the two countries as a comprehensive strategic partnership, and the People's Republic of China as a friendly country and the most important economic partner on the Asian continent.

She said that Serbia attaches special importance to cooperation through the 16+1 mechanism and considers it an integral part of the Belt and Road initiative of the President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping,in which Serbia is a very active participant.

The interlocutors agreed that our country is a leader in the region of Central and Eastern Europe by the number of realized and contracted projects with China, on a bilateral basis, as well as through the mechanism of cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European (CEES) states.

Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Cao Jianming expressed his belief that the next Summit of the Prime Ministers of the member countries of the China-CIE Cooperation Mechanism, which will be held in Sofia on 6-7 July will bring new ideas and proposals for a more successful follow-up within the framework of the mechanism, which is of great importance for the development of our countries.

Brnabic concluded that the China-CEES mechanism has opened a new perspective for bilateral cooperation between countries, primarily in the field of infrastructure through the construction of a transport network.

She pointed out that for Serbia the trilateral project of railway modernization through the...