Beijing

Colombian President Gustavo Petro will visit China this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said yesterday, with the leftist leader seeking to strengthen ties with the world's second-largest economy.

Petro's visit comes at the invitation of President Xi Jinping and will take place from today to Oct. 26, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.

BEIJING - Serbian Deputy PM and Defence Minister Milos Vucevic says Serbia-China military cooperation supports Serbia's defense modernisation and empowers its defense capabilities.

In an interview to China's state-run media outlet Global Times, Vucevic noted that he looked forward to further development of Sino-Serbian cooperation, especially in defence.

BELGRADE- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday the achievements of his visit to China were historic in significance and character and that Serbia had been presented as an independent and successful country.

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping said after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic Serbia was "an ironclad friend" of China and that bilateral relations between the two countries had withstood changes in the international landscape over recent years and were an exemplar of friendly relations between China and European states.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Beijing on Wednesday the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) was considering including the Chinese yuan in its FX reserves.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met in Beijing on Wednesday with Thai PM Srettha Thavisin on the sidelines of the Third Belt and Road Forum.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Beijing on Wednesday a record 18 agreements on cooperation had been signed with China and that many of the documents envisioned strategic cooperation.

BEIJING - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic said in Beijing on Tuesday a Serbia-China FTA signed earlier in the day was historic and would be greatly beneficial to the people of Serbia in the decades to come.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he had had an extremely friendly discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping on all important topics, including the issue of Kosovo-Metohija.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday the friendship between the two countries had endured the test of difficult times and that, amid a very complex situation in Kosovo-Metohija, China's support to Serbia was extremely important.