Vucic: Open Balkan an affirmed peace platform

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at the opening of the 2nd Wine Vision by Open Balkan fair in Belgrade that achievements made in just a year were almost incredible and noted that the Open Balkan initiative was an affirmed peace platform.

"I am especially honoured that we are opening this wine event in Belgrade for a second time. What we have done in a year is almost incredible. I am grateful to (North Macedonian PM) Dimitar Kovacevski for that, and for the endless support provided to us by both North Macedonia and Albania," Vucic said at the opening ceremony.

He said a prosperous and stable Western Balkans was a market of 20 million consumers.

"Some people have come here to fight for this market, too, like we are fighting for their markets, too," Vucic said.

He noted that a recently signed FTA between Serbia and China would lend Serbian wine exporters a huge advantage over competitors in the region.