Serbia's Vucic Discusses With Russian Ambassador Future Meeting With Putin - Press Service

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has discussed with Russian Ambassador to the country Alexander Chepurin the agenda of his upcoming visit to Moscow and meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Serbian president's press service said in a statement on Monday.

BELGRADE (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th September, 2018) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has discussed with Russian Ambassador to the country Alexander Chepurin the agenda of his upcoming visit to Moscow and meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Serbian president's press service said in a statement on Monday.

The visit of the Serbian president to Russia is scheduled for early October.

"President Vucic said that he would be honored to have the possibility to talk to president Putin and that he expected that this meeting would have a great importance for the further strengthening of friendly relations of the peoples of Serbia and Russia and for the development of multidimensional cooperation of the two countries," the Serbian presidential administration said.

According to the statement, Vucic and Chepurin have considered concrete proposals for strategic projects of economic cooperation in various fields, including in energy and infrastructure.

"The parties have noted that such projects would greatly benefit the economic progress of Serbia and Russia, in this connection a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on bilateral cooperation has been scheduled," the statement read further.

Vucic has reiterated that Serbia remained committed to its policies of military neutrality, the statement added.