Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić paid an official visit to the Republic of India on 18 and 19 September 2008. During the visit, H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić met H.E. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India and paid a courtesy calls on Honorable Vice President of the Republic of India Mr. Hamid Ansari and leader of the opposition in the Parliament of India Mr. L.K.Advani.

The first visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia to India was marked by mutual understanding and added more depth to the strengthening of friendship between two countries. Two ministers exchanged their views on large scale of bilateral issues, including strengthening of economic relations, cooperation in the fields of agriculture, technology, culture, education. The special emphasize has been attached to the issue of unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo and its impacts on the stability of the region, as well as its legal implications. In the eve of the UN General Assembly session, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia presented the initiative of the Republic of Serbia to seek UNGA’s approval to refer Kosovo’s illegal declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice in the Hague. Having in mind its principal position on Kosovo, Honorable Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India expressed support of India for Serbia’s initiative on Kosovo in UNGA.

Commitment for further strengthening of relationship between two countries with long history of friendship, in various field of cooperation, has been also reiterated in the meetings of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia H.E. Mr. Vuk Jeremić with Honorable Vice President of the Republic of India Mr. Hamid Ansari and leader of the opposition in the Parliament of India Mr. L.K.Advani

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia V.Jeremić and Honorable Vice President of India M.H.Ansari

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