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BELGRADE - Japanese PM Shinzo Abe was ceremonially welcomed outside the Palace of Serbia and greeted by President Aleksandar Vucic after arriving in Belgrade on Monday for a two-day official visit to Serbia.

Official discussions between the two delegations are under way and meetings with businesspeople will follow later in the afternoon.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and PM Ana Brnabic will host a dinner for Japanese PM Shinzo Abe late Monday, a source close to the Serbian government has told Tanjug.

Abe, who will arrive in Belgrade for a two-day official visit to Serbia, will be accompanied by a Japanese business delegation.

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Romania's Social Democrats nominated on Tuesday MEP Viorica Dancila, known for her women's rights initiatives in the European Parliament, to replace Prime Minister Mihai Tudose who resigned on Monday after the ruling party withdrew its political backing.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this on Monday during a meeting of Serbian and Japanese business delegations, held in Belgrade.

Brnabic highlighted the importance of the visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Belgrade, assessing that the bilateral and political relations of the two countries are on the rise.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made the first visit by a Japanese leader to Belgrade since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic welcomed Abe, who was accompanied by a delegation of Japanese business leaders, at a ceremonial reception on January 15.

Abe is also scheduled to meet with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and other officials.

BELGRADE - Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's upcoming visit to Serbia is a result of an upward trend in bilateral relations between the two countries and a major signal to Japanese companies to continue to invest in Serbia, Serbian Ambassador to Japan Nenad Glisic said.

Abe will arrive in Belgrade on Monday afternoon, Glisic told the RTS.

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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Jan. 13 urged Baltic NATO states to support pressure on North Korea, as he hammered home his hawkish message that Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs pose a global threat.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the Bulgarian media that it is necessary to maximize the pressure on North Korea.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said at a meeting with Japan's Ambassador to Belgrade Junichi Maruyama on Wednesday her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe's January 15 visit to Serbia was of historic significance for further improvement of relations and the top-level dialogue between the two countries.

Japan will join NATO's center for cyber defense in Tallinn, the BNR reported, quoting the France press and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who arrived on a visit to Estonia. It is the first stage of its tour in six Central European countries, including Bulgaria.