Kirby: Serbia can count on U.S. as friend

Serbia can count on the United States as its partner and friend, Ambassador Michael Kirby has said at a reception hosted to mark his country's Independence Day.

The ties between the U.S. and Serbia date back many generations, Kirby said Thursday, adding that this year the U.S. embassy in Belgrade is celebrating some exceptional Serbs who moved to the U.S. and became its citizens, as well as Serbian Americans born in the U.S.