May congratulates Vucic, highlights Serbia's role

BELGRADE - British PM Theresa May has congratulated Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic on his election as president, welcoming the commitment to the reforms he has launched and highlighting Serbia's central role in ensuring regional stability.

In a message of congratulations, presented to Vucic on Friday by British Ambassador Denis Keefe, May expressed the hope that, during his term as president, Vucic would continue to achieve success in the dialogue with Pristina and in the normalisation of relations, which she said was essential to peace.

Parliamentary Recording Unit via AP