FM meets with Egyptian counterpart, Arab League chief

Foreign ministers of Serbia and Egypt Vuk Jeremic and Mohamed Kamel Amr said on Thursday the two countries had close views on most international issues. This includes Serbia's bid to have Jeremic take over as president of the UN General Assembly in the fall, reports said. FM meets with Egyptian counterpart, Arab League chief Amr stated after the meeting in Cairo that Jeremic had informed him about the development of the situation in terms of Serbia's application for EU membership, adding that it was "going very well". According to Amr, the views of Serbia and Egypt on a series of international issues are similar, and the bilateral cooperation is developing well too. Egypt is one of Serbia's best friends in the world, Jeremic stressed. He added that the meeting with Amr included a discussion on how to improve the two countries' cooperation, especially their economic ties. According to Jeremic, the two officials also talked about tourism, since Egypt is one of the most sought after destinations by Serbian tourists. The meeting also covered cooperation in education and scholarship exchange, so Egyptians could study in Serbia and vice versa, he remarked. Jeremic stated the two countries had identical views regarding many of the world issues. Serbia tries to follow the advice of the Arab League and especially Egypt when it comes to the situation in the region, the Serbian minister pointed out. Commenting on the situation in Syria, Jeremic said Serbia regretted to hear about the great suffering of the Syrian people and that it supported "Arab solutions to Arab problems". Serbia's position concerning the Palestinian issue "has not and will not change", Jeremic noted. He said Serbia supported "everything that was not a step backwards, but forwards, and was against any developments that would undermine stability". Serbia's diplomatic presence in Egypt dates back to 1908. Egypt has not recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence and supports Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty in the Arab League, African Union, Organization of Islamic Countries, Non-Aligned Movement, UN and other international fora. While in Cairo today, Minister Vuk Jeremic also met with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Al Araby, and stated afterwards that he hoped a significant number of the Arab League members will support the country's UN General Assembly presidency bid. Jeremic added that Serbia had "a long tradition of good relations with the Arab League". The League comprises 22 member states from Northeast Africa and the Middle East. Serbia is a candidate for next year's UNGA presidency and therefore it was very important to exchange opinions on current developments in the world. I believe that there is a high level of mutual understanding and I hope that a significant number of the Arab League countries will support Serbia's candidacy, Jeremic told Tanjug. Vuk Jeremic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

FM meets with Egyptian counterpart, Arab League chief

Amr stated after the meeting in Cairo that Jeremić had informed him about the development of the situation in terms of Serbia's application for EU membership, adding that it was "going very well".

According to Amr, the views of Serbia and Egypt on a series of international issues are similar, and the bilateral cooperation is developing well too.

Egypt is one of Serbia's best friends in the world, Jeremić stressed.

He added that the meeting with Amr included a discussion on how to improve the two countries' cooperation, especially their economic ties.

According to Jeremić, the two officials also talked about tourism, since Egypt is one of the most sought after destinations by Serbian tourists.

The meeting also covered cooperation in education and scholarship exchange, so Egyptians could study in Serbia and vice versa, he remarked.

Jeremić stated the two countries had identical views regarding many of the world issues.

Serbia tries to follow the advice of the Arab League and especially Egypt when it comes to the situation in the region, the Serbian minister pointed out.

Commenting on the situation in Syria, Jeremić said Serbia regretted to hear about the great suffering of the Syrian people and that it supported "Arab solutions to Arab problems".

Serbia's position concerning the Palestinian issue "has not and will not change", Jeremić noted.

He said Serbia supported "everything that was not a step backwards, but forwards, and was against any developments that would undermine stability".

Serbia's diplomatic presence in Egypt dates back to 1908.

Egypt has not recognized the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration of independence and supports Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty in the Arab League, African Union, Organization of Islamic Countries, Non-Aligned Movement, UN and other international fora.

While in Cairo today, Minister Vuk Jeremić also met with Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Al Araby, and stated afterwards that he hoped a significant number of the Arab League members will support the country's UN General Assembly presidency bid.

Jeremić added that Serbia had "a long tradition of good relations with the Arab League".

The League comprises 22 member states from Northeast Africa and the Middle East.

Serbia is a candidate for next year's UNGA presidency and therefore it was very important to exchange opinions on current developments in the world. I believe that there is a high level of mutual understanding and I hope that a significant number of the Arab League countries will support Serbia's candidacy, Jeremić told Tanjug.