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Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that China stands ready to
work with Serbia to make their friendly relations even stronger with
the passing of time. In a telephone conversation with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar
Vucic, Xi noted that as both China and Serbia are facing new
opportunities and challenges at present, the two countries need to view
and develop their relations from a strategic and long-term perspective. Noting that the Serbian people attach great importance to friendship,
Xi said the iron-clad China-Serbia friendship is most valuable and
deserves to be firmly upheld and carried forward from generation to
generation. Xi stressed that the two countries should firmly support each other
while making respective efforts to safeguard their national sovereignty
and security. China supports the development path chosen by the Serbian people based on their national conditions, Xi said. The two sides should speed up high-quality Belt and Road cooperation,
foster new growth areas of cooperation, share opportunities and seek
common development, Xi said. The two sides need to work together to tackle global challenges such
as COVID-19, economic recovery and climate change, Xi said, adding that
China is ready to offer further assistance to Serbia in fighting the
epidemic as needed. China and Serbia should also strengthen coordination in multilateral
affairs, firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations
at its core, defend international law and the basic norms governing
international relations, and practice true multilateralism, Xi said. Xi added that both sides must fully implement the consensus and
outcomes of the Summit of China and Central and Eastern European
Countries (CEEC) and push for constant new progress in China-CEEC
cooperation. For his part, Vucic expressed warm congratulations on 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Under the leadership of the CPC, Vucic noted, China has made great
achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, achieved national
prosperity and become an important force in promoting world peace and
development. Vucic said he firmly believes that the CPC will continue leading the
Chinese people to stride forward along the path of socialism with
Chinese characteristics. China is a great friend of Serbia and the Serbia-China relations are
at their best in history, said Vucic, adding that the Serbian side is
very proud of the iron-clad friendship between Serbia and China. China has provided invaluable assistance for Serbia in fighting the
COVID-19 pandemic, deepened and consolidated traditional friendship,
said the Serbian president, voicing hope that the two sides will
continue strengthening cooperation in vaccines and other fields. Serbia is ready to actively participate in the joint construction of
the Belt and Road and expand practical cooperation in various fields,
Vucic said, noting that his country firmly supports and will continue
actively promoting China-CEEC cooperation. Vucic wished a long-lasting friendship between Serbia and China. Enditem
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