Macut receives Chinese ambassador

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Djuro Macut received Chinese Ambassador to Belgrade Li Ming on Friday to discuss comprehensive bilateral cooperation and ways to advance it.

Macut noted that Serbia-China cooperation was based on a shared future, a strategic partnership and long-standing steely friendship, the Serbian government said in a statement.

"Such friendship between the two countries is being deepened further through political and cultural cooperation, creating solid foundations for future growth and stability across the Western Balkans," Macut said.

He said economic cooperation was a key aspect of the partnership and that China was one of Serbia's most important trading partners.

Li said the bilateral economic cooperation had the potential to become even more intensive.

"That is in the mutual interest of both China and Serbia," the ambassador said.