Serbia–Turkey relations

Erdoğan pointed out that an agreement that would be acceptable to both parties would also be acceptable to Turkey.

In a phone call, Vucic and Erdogan stressed their firm commitment to jointly, through the work of the High Council for Cooperation, promote overall relations between Serbia and Turkey, the Serbian president's press office said in a statement.

Vucic said he was looking forward to continued cooperation with Recep Tayyip Erdogan because Serbia "attaches great importance to true friendship with Turkey and is committed to good and solid bilateral relations."

This was said in Belgrade on Wednesday, during a meeting between Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antic and representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey, and Turkish energy companies.

According to the Serbian government, they spoke about "further improvement of the bilateral relations of the two countries, European integration, as well as the cooperation of competent institutions in the field of fight against terrorism and organised crime."

The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) was inaugurated in Eskisehir, Turkey.

Vucic was in Eskisehir at the special invitation of Erdogan and briefly spoke with the Turkish president upon arrival and stood beside him on a ceremonial stage, alongside the presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan, Petro Poroshenko and Ilham Aliyev.

The Serbian president also invited Turkish companies to continue to invest in Serbia.

At the top of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's agenda during his upcoming visit to South Korea on May 2-3 will be investments and cooperation in the defense industry, South Korean Ambassador to Turkey Choi Hong-ghi has said.     

According to him, when two years ago the attempted coup was organized in Turkey, Serbia was among the first countries to give support to the Turkish people and President Erdogan.

"This coup attempt was a terrorist act triggered by Gulen's terrorist organization FETO, and FETO is the same as the KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") in Kosovo and Metohija," Markovic says.

A new bilateral free trade agreement will be signed by Serbia and Turkey on January 30, Beta is reporting.

The deal will be inked by Serbian Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic and Turkish Minister of Economy Nihad Zeibekch, along with another, aimed at "boosting and protecting investments."