Peoples of Serbia and Greece breed sincere friendship, Vucic and Mitsotakis say

NEWS 24.09.201909:00
Tanjug

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic and Greek Prime Minister Kyroys Mitsotakis agreed in New York that their nations had a sincere friendship and discussed bilateral relations, the situation in the region and Belgrade’s road to the European Union, the Beta news agency reported on Tuesday.

Vucic asked Mitsotakis not to change the Greek stand towards Kosovo independence, a statement from the President’s office said.

The two will attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, which will mostly deal with climate changes.

 However, Vucic will also have some meetings with the EU and UN officials, including German outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, with Kosovo issue on the agenda.

Greece is among five EU member states that have not recognised Kosovo as a state.

Serbia’s President said that the two peoples were linked with sincere friendship and that Belgarde and Athens should work on intensifying the economic cooperation.

The statement quoted Mitsotakis as saying his country supported the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue on the normalisation of relations and that Athens would not recognise Kosovo’s independence.