Mixed Committee

The meeting was co-chaired by Serbian Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali and UEA Minister of State Sultan Ahmed al Jaber.

The Serbian government announced this after Dacic, who serves as foreign minister and first deputy PM, met with Shoukry in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dacic told reporters after the meeting that Egypt, after its former authorities recognized the independence of "Kosovo", has created "some sort of frozen relationship."

The two ministers exchanged views on current issues on the international scene, the Serbian government announced on Thursday.

They paid special attention to the political and security situation in the Western Balkans and the Persian Gulf.

Vucic also noted that he expects this meeting (reportedly on Oct. 2 in Moscow) to have "great importance for further strengthening of the friendship between the Serbian and the Russian people and for the development of comprehensive cooperation between the two countries," reads a press release issued by his office.

Speaking to reporters after meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on Monday - whom he invited to visit Belgrade - Aleksandar Vucic thanked Aliyev for supporting the territorial integrity of Serbia, and added that Serbia also supports Azerbaijan in this regard.

"Mutual support exists and these positions will not change in the future," Vucic said.

Aleksandar Vucic and Aleksandr Chepurin today spoke about the upcoming visit to Belgrade of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.

The Serbian prime minister and the Russian ambassador to Serbia also discussed the session of the Mixed Committee, to be held in Belgrade in January.