Russia–Serbia relations

MOSCOW - Politically, Serbia will always be grateful to Russian President Vladimir Putin for preventing the Serbs from being stigmatised as genocidal by a UN SC resolution, as well as for the fact Serbia still has the chance to fight for Kosovo-Metohija, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Moscow Tuesday.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday Serbia could become an important element in the transit of Russian gas and that work was underway to include Serbia in the Turkish Stream project.

MOSCOW/BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic, who is in the Serbian delegation visiting Moscow, met with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and Kosovo-Metohija.

The two ministers said the level of the relations between their countries was high and that cooperation was developing in all areas.

MOSCOW - Serbian and Russian Presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday held a bilateral meeting in Moscow after which several agreements were signed on cooperation in various areas.

Speaking at a joint press conference, Putin said the conversation had been sincere and substantial and that the ties between the two countries would be developed and strengthened further.

MOSCOW - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the strategic partnership between their countries, energy and Russia's support on Kosovo-Metohija.

The meeting also addressed the situation in the region and economic cooperation.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday left for a several-day visit to the Russian Federation during which he will also meet with President Vladimir Putin, with whom he will attend the signing of several bilateral agreements.

Representatives of the governments of Serbia and Russia signed in Moscow, on Tuesday a series of agreements on cooperation in various fields.

The Serbian government announced this, adding that the agreements were signed after the talks between two state delegations led by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accepted the invitation of Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic to visit Belgrade in February.

"I will come with pleasure and I am looking forward to visiting the friendly Belgrade," Lavrov said, TASS reported on Tuesday.

The Russian and Serbian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Aleksandar Vucic, oversaw the signing of a number of agreements, including one allowing Serbia to re-export Russian gas, in Moscow on Tuesday.

Addressing a joint news conference, Putin said that the conversation went in a friendly atmosphere, and that the talks were substantial.

As he pointed out, the two countries are striving to develop their interstate cooperation, and in this context, he mentioned the marking of the 180th anniversary of the establishment of Russia-Serbia diplomatic relations.