China–Serbia relations

BEIJING - Serbia is China's first comprehensive strategic partner in Central and Eastern Europe and the two countries maintain an iron-clad friendship, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Serbia on May 7-8.

MUNICH - Chinese FM Wang Yi says China will continue to firmly support Serbia in safeguarding its sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.

Wang said this after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic received China's newly-appointed Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Tuesday to discuss advancement of overall cooperation between the two countries.

BEIJING - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Monday Serbia was committed to boosting its comprehensive strategic partnership with China and to advancing further its economic and trade relations with the Asian nation.

Momirovic said this after a meeting with Chinese Deputy FM Deng Li in Beijing.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday Serbia and Greece had confirmed their commitment and support to the principles of UN resolutions and territorial integrity.

BELGRADE - The national airlines of Serbia and China, Air Serbia and Air China, have renewed cooperation launched in 2015 to facilitate travel between the two countries, Air Serbia said in a statement.

The meeting was supposed to be held on Tuesday, but Office for Media relations of the President of the Republic of Serbia announced that it was postponed.
Vui and the Chinese Ambassador discussed the situation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, and Chen Bo conveyed that the position of the Chinese side on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija is consistent and clear.

The president, speaking to Italian Ambassador Carlo Lo Cascio in Belgrade on Monday, said that Serbia will return to dialogue only after the withdrawal of the taxes. He emphasized that he was concerned about the inability of the European Union to exert more pressure on the Pristina authorities.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Minister of Culture and the Media Vladan Vukosavljevic, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Zoran Djordjevic, Mayor of Belgrade Zoran Radojicic, and Ambassador of China to Serbia Chen Bo, were all present, the Serbian government has announced.

In an interview for the Belgrade-based tabloid Kurir, Li also said that the Chinese will participate in a tender for the copper mining and smelting complex RTB Bor, located in eastern Serbia, in accordance with the laws of Serbia, and announced new investments in an automotive parts factory.