Nikolic meets Albanian president in Dubrovnik

BELGRADE/DUBROVNIK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic met in Dubrovnik on Tuesday with Albanian President Bujar Nishani and congratulated him on Albania's recently acquired status of EU membership candidate.

Serbia embraces cooperation with all its neighbours, Nikolic stressed, adding that EU membership was a common goal of both Serbia and Albania and would improve their cooperation, according to a release from Nikolic's office.

Nishani expressed regret over the recent floods in Serbia, underscoring that his country would give a contribution within its means at the donor conference in Brussels on Wednesday.

The two officials acknowledged that trade between Serbia and Albania was on the rise and agreed that cooperation should be improved in politics, economy and other areas to facilitate progress of both nations, the release says.

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