Xi: Serbia maintains sincere friendship with Chinese people

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's attendance at the Third Belt and Road Forum and PM Ana Brnabic's attendance at the Sixth China International Import Expo demonstrated Serbia's "sincere friendship with the Chinese people and firm belief in developing relations with China."

China and Serbia are "iron friends" who have stood together through thick and thin, Xi said, underscoring the profound historical foundation, solid public support, extensive common interests and strong impetus for cooperation of their bilateral relations, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

He said that, in recent years, China-Serbia relations had continued to operate at a high level, that the connotation of the comprehensive strategic partnership had been increasingly enriched and that practical cooperation had yielded fruitful results.