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29 March 2024

Mohamed bin Zayed meets Serbian President, PM

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General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic discussed cooperation and friendship ties between the UAE and Serbia and the best ways of enhancing them for advancing mutual interests of the two friendly countries and their peoples.

The talks took place during President Nicolic’s reception of Sheikh Mohamad and his accompanying delegation at the presidential palace in Belgrade on Friday.

The Serbian president welcomed Sheikh Mohamad and expressed his hope that the visit would contribute to pushing bilateral ties forward in various projects and programmes that bolster joint cooperation.

Sheikh Mohamad conveyed to President Nikolic the greetings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his best wishes of further progress and prosperity for Serbia and its people.

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi said he was delighted at meeting President Nikolic and discussing with him issues that support plans for enhancement of joint economic and trade cooperation and developmental projects between the UAE and the Republic of Serbia. Expressing optimism about Emirati-Serbian ties, he said they would grow steadily, particularly after the tangible and vital steps the bilateral cooperation has taken within the framework of friendship, cooperation and mutual interest.

The two sides affirmed that they were looking forward for stronger coordination and cooperation in areas that serve mutual interest and working together to expand and diversify their joint economic and investment partnerships in a way that cater for development aspects in order to deliver the aspired benefits.

For his part, President Nikolic reciprocated greetings for Sheikh Khalifa and his best wishes for further progress and prosperity for the UAE and its people, and expressed his country’s willingness to develop ties with the UAE, given its development and progress model and the prominent place it enjoys internationally in terms building distinguished relations and constructive cooperation with other countries.

Sheikh Mohamed and the Serbian president exchanged views on current international developments and issues of mutual interest.

Mohamed bin Zayed meets Serbian PM

General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic held today a session of talks on bilateral cooperation and friendship ties and best means of boosting them in a way that serves mutual interests of the two friendly countries and peoples.

The two sides also explored mechanisms to strengthen economic and investment cooperation and to create opportunities for joint investment.

The Serbian prime minister welcomed Sheikh Mohamed, expressing his hope that the important visit would be instrumental in furthering cooperation between the UAE and the Republic of Serbia in various fields.

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi said the UAE, led by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is keen to open up wide scope for establishing friendship and cooperation bonds with other countries based on mutual respect and contact in a way that realises mutual interests.

He stated that ties between the UAE and Serbia were growing steadily and this would give a boost to joint efforts towards distinguished, inclusive cooperation that delivers interests of the two friendly countries.

Sheikh Mohamed added that today's meeting represented an important milestone towards expanding and strengthening avenues of joint existing cooperation between the two friendly countries and their peoples and would push joint economic and investment to new height. He expressed his hope for further growth and development for bilateral ties.

In this context, the two sides emphasised their resolve to pursue their efforts to further bolstering these ties in various areas and to broaden the scope of joint cooperation in economic, investment, educational and health sectors in the best way that delivers ambitions and aspirations of the two friendly countries and peoples. He expressed his satisfaction at the level of progress the Emirati-Serbian ties have evolved under the umbrella of friendship, cooperation and mutual interests.

For his part, the Serbian prime minister indicated that both public and private sectors in Serbia were interested in crystalising innovative ideas for establishing joint projects with the UAE, given its stellar performance and progress in many sectors including economy, tourism and services.

He said that the UAE's principle and approach of establishing relations and cooperation with other countries of the world, based on mutual respect, constructive dialogue and crystal clear transparency, emboldens Serbia's desire to enhance its relations with the UAE He hoped that Emirati and Serbian officials would intensify their visits for exploring potentials and resources and tap them for the best interest of the two countries.

During the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed and the Serbian prime minister exchanged views on current international developments and issues of mutual interest.

Hussein Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education, Khaldoun Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, Mohammed Mubarak Al Mazrouei, Under-Secretary of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court, and Juma Rashid Saif Al Dhahiri, UAE Ambassador to Serbia, attended the meeting from the UAE side.

Present from the Serbian side were Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic, Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic, Minister of Education and Science Srdan Verbic, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic, Minister of Health Zlatibor Loncar, and a number of senior Serbian officials.