PM Li: China could host next summit

BELGRADE - Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has announced that the next summit of China and Central and Eastern European nations could be held in Beijing next year.

There is no doubt that, in the future, we will have better programmes and plans and that there will be more of them as well - I am certain that we can find specific solutions to our infrastructure-related and economic problems and that we will be able to improve the state our economies are in, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said, concluding the Third Summit of China and 16 Central and Eastern European nations, held at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Tuesday.

He noted that he is confident that, with friends and companies from China, the Central and Eastern European nations will be able to make it possible for their countries to do something better for their societies.

At the same time, that will make it possible for our economies to become more sustainable, which requires political courage, and we will do everything to ensure that, Vucic stressed.

Prime Minister Li said that the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries is crucial, not only for them, but for overall China-EU ties.

In Central and Eastern European countries, there is a desire for development of infrastructure, further development of productivity and manufacturing equipment, as well as for using Chinese reserves abroad, he said.

However, future cooperation should be diverse and proceed at several levels, he said.

We should not only be going for investments, trade, tourism and education - we must expand the platform and mechanisms of cooperation to other areas as well, the Chinese prime minister said.

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