Dacic receives UK's new ambassador to Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic received the UK's newly-appointed Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Monday.

Dacic welcomed the ambassador and wished him success in his work, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

They agreed that there was significant space for stepping up cooperation in many fields, from trade - where they said the cooperation was already producing excellent results - to cooperation in defence and interior affairs, as well as in culture, education and science.

They also noted that promoting positive examples of past cooperation could lend an impetus to strengthening the cooperation.

They highlighted a need to advance parliamentary cooperation and expressed readiness to continue a positive trend of holding high-level meetings.