Venizelos visits Serbia on Tuesday

BELGRADE - Evangelos Venizelos, Greece's deputy prime minister and foreign minister, will visit Serbia on Tuesday, in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union.

While in Belgrade, Venizelos will talk with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

The main topics will be Serbia's further advancement along the path toward the EU, situation in the region and bilateral relations, the release notes.

Venizelos pointed on Tuesday that he is coming to Belgrade to convey a message of support and encouragement to Serbia's furthers European prospects and the reform process in the country.

At the same time, as deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Greece, I come to reaffirm the strong ties of friendship and cooperation that have brought our countries closer together for many years, Venizelos said in an interview to Tanjug ahead of the visit.

Venizelos is coming to Serbia as part of his tour of the Western Balkans.

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that after the talks with Serbian officials on Tuesday, Venizelos will go to Podgorica.

According to the schedule, the Greek foreign minister will be in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday, and then visit Pristina the same day, and Skopje and Tirana on Thursday.

Photo Tanjug/Greek Ministry of the Foreign Affairs – Orestis