Turkish President Invited to Visit Serbia

Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Serbia. Vucic did this during his meeting in Belgrade on Friday with Turkish Ambasador Tanju Bilgic.

According to the Serbian government, Vucic said that “relations with Turkey and its people continue to be on a constant rise” and “conveyed gratitude to Turkish companies investing in Serbia, and especially for the assistance provided in difficult times.”

Vucic and Bilgic “also discussed the activities of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA),” the government said on its website. The Serbian prime minister “expressed his full support to various projects of the TIKA, such as the renovation of the building of the High Court in Novi Pazar and reconstruction of Belgrade’s maternity hospital in Zvecanska St.”

“We want to attract an even greater number of Turkish investors and organize meetings with businessmen from Turkey, in order to build confidence of those who are already doing business in our country, as well as to increase the scope of economic cooperation,” Vucic said.
Bilgic “stressed that Turkey needs good relations with Serbia as a key country for peace and stability in the Balkans,” and “announced the arrival of new businesses from his country that are willing to expand their operations in some Serbian cities.”

“Both the Turkish president and the Serbian prime minister are strong leaders who make strong decisions,” the diplomat said, and agreed with Vucic that “cooperation between the two countries is on the right track.”

Vucic spoke about his invitation to Erdogan during an interview he gave to RTS, to say that Serbia-Turkey relations are “of great importance – we want to be a good partner to that country.”