The officials stressed that there is mutual interest for the development of economic relations and that the new potentials for cooperation in the field of agriculture, information technologies and health care should be utilized.

Gojkovic thanked India for not recognising the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija, a stance reaffirmed on Kosovo-Metohija’s bid to enter UNESCO, and Singh said that India, well aware how significant it is for a country to maintain its territorial integrity and sovereignty, will stand by Serbia.

Gojkovic and Singh said it is very important to maintain the highest level of dialogue between the two countries’ dignitaries, adding that they were sure that in early 2017 the National Assembly Speaker would visit India at the invitation of the Speaker of the House of the People and the Chairman of the Council of States of the Indian Parliament, Sumitra Mahajan and Mohammad Hamid Ansari.