BELGRADE — Serbian and Turkish FM Vuk Jeremić and Ahmet Davutoglu have expressed their willingness to further promote economic cooperation between the two countries.
Speaking in Belgrade on Thursday, they both voiced their satisfaction with the current excellent state of bilateral relations.
Davutoglu, who kicked off his two-day visit to Serbia by meeting with Jeremic, told a joint news conference that the two states had no outstanding issues, underscoring that they shared a political will to further forge relations and partnership, as well as economic cooperation.
The Turkish foreign minister added that there were different views on certain issues, referring to Kosovo.
Speaking about economic cooperation, Davutoglu said that Turkey was ready to make major investment in Serbia’s infrastructure, including the construction of a highway.
Turkey and Serbia signed today a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of the two countries on setting up an office for program coordination under the auspices of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency.
Source: www.b92.net, 23 July 2009