Dacic meets with El Gebaly

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with the Speaker of the Egyptian House of Representatives Hanafy El Gebaly on Thursday.

The parties noted that Serbia and Egypt were connected by a decades-long friendship and were very proud to celebrate the 115th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year.

They highlighted the key contribution a historic visit to Serbia by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had made to multi-faceted development of bilateral relations, which have been raised to the level of strategic partnership, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Dacic and El Gebaly noted that they were pleased with extremely successful development of the traditionally good bilateral ties, in which they said parliamentary cooperation occupied a very important place.

They agreed that there was great potential for further development of overall bilateral cooperation, including stepped-up political dialogue and exchanges of visits at high and the highest level, and noted that a return visit to Egypt by President Aleksandar Vucic at a mutually acceptable date would be of the greatest significance in this regard.