Great space for the development of political and economic relations between Serbia and Lithuania
Minister Selaković expressed Serbia's interest in intensifying the political dialogue and more frequent exchange of visits at the high and highest level.
According to Selaković, the two countries have a great untapped potential for the improvement of mutually beneficial economic relations.
Minister Selaković informed his interlocutor about the economic results of Serbia in the past few years, emphasizing that thanks to reforms and fiscal consolidation, as well as timely and well-designed measures during the coronavirus pandemic, the Serbian economy is among the fastest growing in Europe today, and we are convincingly in the lead in the region when it comes to the amount of attracted foreign direct investments.
Selaković pointed out that full membership in the EU remains Serbia's foreign policy priority, and expressed expectation that Lithuania will be among the member states that objectively evaluate Serbia's progress and support the EU enlargement process.
He added that Serbia remains a reliable guarantor of stability and economic development of the region, and that exactly this was the motive for launching the "Open Balkans" initiative, by which Belgrade, in the most open and sincere way, expresses readiness for cooperation with the environment and encourages economic processes in the entire Southeast Europe.
Minister Selaković informed his Lithuanian colleague about the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, with an emphasis on Pristina's latest attempts to destabilize the situation on the ground through unilateral acts against the Serbian people in the province.
As he pointed out, Belgrade consistently holds the position that solutions to the problems in Kosovo and Metohija can be found only by compromise in the dialogue with Pristina, which, as he stated, does not show readiness for peaceful resolution of disagreements and implementation of agreements reached so far in the framework of the Brussels dialogue.
