Tatyana Gracheva

As Serbian Minister Nenad Popović told the media following the 13th meeting of the Belarusian-Serbian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, Serbia is interested in developing innovation-driven cooperation with Belarusian companies.
Nenad Popović characterized the commission’s work as highly constructive and businesslike. Nevertheless, he admitted that not all planned goals were fully achieved. The main reason is the European Union’s economic sanctions against Belarus, which have complicated logistics and the transportation of many types of goods. However, Popović promised to ensure that as many Belarusian products as possible will appear on the shelves of Serbian stores.
According to the Serbian Minister, cooperation between companies working in innovation, new technologies, digitalization, robotics, and artificial intelligence have the greatest potential for collaboration between the two countries.
Other perspective fields of Belarusian-Serbian cooperation are agriculture and the food industry, particularly the dairy sector.
Also, Popović mentioned the 85th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War. Serbian and Belorusian representatives laid wreaths together at the Trostenets memorial complex. The Minister said that Serbia, Russia, and Belarus defeated Nazism and fascism together.
Particularly, Nenad Popović thanked Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko for having flown to Serbia in 1999, despite the NATO bombings. According to some information, NATO considered the possibility of shooting down his plane. Nevertheless, Lukashenko was not afraid. As Nenad Popović said, the President showed exceptional courage and flew in at that most difficult time for brotherly Serbia to offer his support, to meet with the president, and to speak with ordinary people. He also added that the Serbian people held on thanks to that invaluable support and did not lose that struggle against NATO. Popović said that the Serbian people love Aleksandr Lukashenko, and his name will be written in large letters in the history of the Serbian nation.
The sides signed a number of documents within the framework of the intergovernmental commission. The list includes a protocol of the meeting, an action plan for the development of trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Serbia for 2026-2028. Other important documents are memorandums of understanding between the National Agency for Investment and Privatization and the Development Agency of Serbia and between the State Committee for Standardization and the Institute for Standardization of Serbia.
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At a joint briefing with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić praised Georgia’s economic development and governance achievements. He mentioned that only a few countries have managed to achieve similar results in Europe.
Speaking about Georgia’s economic performance since 2012, the Serbian president highlighted the country’s 9.3% economic growth in the first quarter and strong expansion in sectors such as construction and tourism have attracted attention across Europe. He said that other countries could learn a lot from this experience.
According to Vučić, the both countries share common Orthodox Christian traditions, mutual respect. He mentioned longstanding friendship between the two nations. Also, he is the first Serbian to visit to Georgia.
Meanwhile, Aleksandar Vučić expressed his gratitude to Georgia for its warm hospitality. He also praised the country’s efforts to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.
He said that here are many countries in the world that are carefully studying Georgia’s approaches and trying to improve themselves based on its experience.
As Vučić also announced, signing of a free trade agreement between Georgia and Serbia is possible. This deal will become a major step forward in bilateral relations.
According to the Serbian president, the increase of trade turnover between the two countries attained 36.4% in the first quarter of the year. Meanwhile, direct flights between Georgia and Serbia make cooperation in tourism and services grow steadily.
Vučić said that the sides are only a small step away from completing negotiations and signing a free trade agreement. He explained that cooperation, trade and economic between our countries will accelerate significantly as soon as it enters into force.
The Serbian President talked about the plans to open an embassy of Serbia in Georgia in the near future. He hopes that Georgia would also establish a diplomatic mission in Serbia to further strengthen political and economic ties between the countries.
Georgia’s tourism sector was also appreciated by the Serbian president. He found impressive not only the country’s wine tourism, but also by its ski resorts and winter tourism infrastructure.
Vučić said that Georgian tourism infrastructure is comparable to that of Europe. It offers many options for people who come to Georgia for different reasons.
Finally, the Serbian leader expressed his gratitude to the Georgian authorities for their hospitality and for “great memories” of the visit.
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