Serbian government

VRANJE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed North Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski at Prohor Pcinjski near Vranje, southern Serbia, on Wednesday.

The two presidents will first visit the monastery of St Prohor Pcinjski - where they will lay a wreath - and then hold a meeting.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Hanafy El Gebaly on Thursday and noted that Serbia-Egypt relations were based on sincere friendship and cooperation and that this year marked 115 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Jan Braathu in the Serbian government building on Wednesday to discuss the adoption of a media strategy.

Brnabic thanked Braathu for the years-long OSCE support and discussions about adopting the strategy.

BELGRADE - Serbia and Suriname are working together on improving their bilateral cooperation, the Serbian government said in a statement after PM Ana Brnabic received Surinamese FM Albert Ramdin on Monday.

In a friendly and cordial conversation, Brnabic noted that Serbia and Suriname were connected by close diplomatic and political ties, the government said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic received San Marino's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Economic Cooperation and Telecommunications Luca Beccari on Tuesday and thanked him for supporting Serbia's successful bid to host EXPO 2027.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at a meeting with Venezuelan FM Yvan Gil Pinto in Belgrade on Friday Serbia was interested in advancement of its cooperation with Venezuela in agriculture, tourism, health care and culture, and noted that agreements signed earlier in the day were of great significance to both countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic confirmed on Friday the Serbian government had suspended exports of arms and military equipment for 30 days at the proposal of President Aleksandar Vucic as commander-in-chief.

JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states on Wednesday unanimously approved Serbia's request to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, the Serbian government's press office announced in a statement.

The decision was made at the 56th plenary meeting of ASEAN FMs in Jakarta, which ended on Wednesday.

Serbian Economy Minister Rade Basta, who has been actively calling for joining the sanctions against Russia, has been removed from his post after a vote by MPs in parliament, Serbian media reported.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with the PMs of The Netherlands and Luxembourg, Mark Rutte and Xavier Bettel, in Belgrade on Monday evening, and said their visit to Serbia represented a unique and a very important political event.