Djuric: Resolution of issues through dialogue a precondition for region's progress

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Belarusian Deputy FM Yuri Ambrazevich on Thursday to discuss the traditional and historical friendship between the two nations as well as current political and security affairs.

He thanked Belarus for its firm, principled and consistent support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia as well as for Belgrade's efforts to resolve the issue of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija through dialogue and respect for UNSCR 1244.

Ambrazevich is heading a Belarusian delegation that is in Serbia for political consultations between the MFAs of the two countries.

Djuric said Serbia-Belarus relations were based on traditional friendship and close historic ties and added that Serbia appreciated the solidarity shown by Belarus in the toughest of times.

Commenting on current political and security affairs in the country and the region, Djuric noted that Serbia was striving to be a factor of stability and advocated a resolution of all of the most important issues through dialogue and in a peaceful manner, which he said was a necessary precondition for continued economic development and progress of Serbia and the region as a whole, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.