Georgia supports Serbia's territorial integrity, sovereignty

Georgia supports Serbia's territorial integrity, sovereignty

Brnabic stressed that Serbia is interested in strengthening dialogue with Georgia at all levels, and assessed that the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is a good basis for improving relations between the two countries.

We are grateful to Georgia for not recognizing Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence, as well as for its firm position not to support the admission of so-called Kosovo into international organizations such as UNESCO, she said.

Brnabic and Bakhtadze agreed that a good political cooperation between Serbia and Georgia should be accompanied by more intensive economic cooperation, with the Georgian prime minister praising Brnabic for a successful fiscal consolidation in Serbia.

The modest exchange of Serbia and Georgia in the first five months of this year was slightly higher than USD 2 million, while in 2017 it amounted to only $7 million.

Serbia wants much better economic cooperation with Georgia, because its present level does not match the potentials of the two countries, Brnabic said.

In order to improve economic cooperation, a visit of Serbian businessmen to Georgia is planned for autumn.

During the first official visit to Georgia, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic also met with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.

During the talks it was confirmed that the relations of the two countries are good and friendly and that there is room for further improvement, especially in the field of the economy.

After the meetings, the Prime Minister attended a reception organisz by Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze for participants and guests of the Open Governance Partnership Summit.

Brnabic will speak tomorrow at the Fifth Global Open Partnership Summit in Tbilisi.

The Open Government Partnership is the largest international initiative in the field of open administration, in which Serbia has been participating since 2012.

Participants from more than 90 countries in the world, including Serbia, will present results in the field of open administration.