United States supports reforms in Serbia

BELGRADE - United States Vice President Joseph Biden has spoken over the phone to Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and expressed the US respect and support for the reforms that Serbia has begun to implement, the Serbian government's media relations office has said in a release.

Biden reportedly voiced hope that Serbia would remain a factor of stability in the whole of South East Europe.

Vucic said that Serbia was committed to making progress on its European path, and it would, by the will of its citizens, tackle the difficult economic reforms in order to become a modern, successful country, accordign to the release.

In a long and friendly conversation, Biden and Vucic discussed political and economic relations between the US and Serbia.

Biden and Vucic exchanged opinions about the global political and economic developments, says the release.

Photo Tanjug, D. Stankovic (archive)