Dacic: Serbia has chosen cooperation with China as its proven friend

LIANYUNGYANG - Addressing the Global Public Security Cooperation Forum in Lianyungang, China, Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that, amid global instability, Serbia had, "with determination, chosen further strengthening of cooperation with a proven friend" - China.

This conference shows China is prepared to take the role of a global security leader in a new, multipolar world, Dacic said, noting that China's support regarding Serbia's territorial integrity in Kosovo-Metohija was very important to Belgrade.

He noted that Serbia and China were connected by a steely friendship forged through intensive economic cooperation, mutual trust and understanding regarding the top national and strategic issues for the two countries.

For more than a decade, Serbia had been an active participant of the Belt and Road initiative through numerous projects...