Vucic thanks India for supporting Serbia's territorial integrity

BELGRADE - After a meeting with Indian President Draupadi Murmu at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked India for supporting the territorial integrity of Serbia and respecting international law and the UN Charter.

"It is a huge honour for me to have the opportunity and the privilege to welcome you in Belgrade. Since 1972, or after more than half a century, this is the first visit of this kind and I am especially happy to be able to be your host," Vucic told Murmu at a joint press conference, noting that Serbia's close ties with India dated back to the era of the Non-Aligned Movement.

He noted that diplomatic ties with India had been established in 1948 and that Serbia was proud of the traditional friendship.

"Thank you for supporting the territorial integrity of Serbia and respecting the norms of international public law and the UN Charter. Serbia will treat India in the same way and we believe that, in every institution in the world, there is space for the closest cooperation between us that no one can disrupt," Vucic noted.