Georgia supports Serbia's territorial integrity, sovereignty

Brnabic, who is the first prime minister of Serbia on an official visit to Georgia, and Bakhtadze said during the talks that the relations of the two countries are good and traditionally friendly and that in the coming period they will work on intensifying cooperation in different areas.

Brnabic stressed that Serbia is interested in strengthening dialogue with Georgia at all levels, and assessed that the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is a good basis for improving relations between the two countries.

We are grateful to Georgia for not recognizing Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence, as well as for its firm position not to support the admission of so-called Kosovo into international organizations such as UNESCO, she said.

Brnabic and Bakhtadze agreed that a good political cooperation between Serbia and Georgia should be accompanied by more intensive economic cooperation, with the Georgian prime minister praising Brnabic for a successful fiscal consolidation in Serbia.

The modest exchange of Serbia and Georgia in the first five months of this year was slightly higher than USD 2 million, while in 2017 it amounted to only $7 million.

Serbia wants much better economic cooperation with Georgia, because its present level does not match the potentials of the two countries, Brnabic said.

In order to improve economic cooperation, a visit of Serbian businessmen to Georgia is planned for autumn.

During the first official visit to Georgia, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic also met with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.

During the talks it was confirmed that the relations of the two countries are...