Dacic receives Kazakh ambassador

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic met with Kazakh Ambassador to Serbia Madi Atamkulov on Tuesday and noted that Belgrade appreciated Kazakhstan's consistent and principled position of respect for Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

At the Palace of Serbia meeting, Dacic and Atamkulov discussed topics including bilateral cooperation in interior affairs, the Serbian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

"The Republic of Kazakhstan is our most significant partner in the Central Asian region," Dacic said, noting that, like Serbia, Kazakhstan was "striving for preservation of values and principles based on building peace and international security."

"Serbia appreciates Kazakhstan's consistent and principled position of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Serbia," Dacic said.

The parties agreed that, in the coming period, the two countries needed to work on further advancement of cooperation in interior affairs as well as in overall bilateral relations.

They also discussed an upcoming fourth session of an inter-governmental commission on trade and economic cooperation, due to take place in Kazakhstan this year.