The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikola Selaković, has met in New York today with the President of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris.
The interlocutors stated that the friendship of the Jewish and Serbian people was honest and traditional.
Selaković emphasized that Serbia was the first European country to adopt the Law on Remedying Consequences of Seizure of Assets from Holocaust Victims. Moreover, he reminded that Serbia was the first country to support Balfour Declaration from 1917.
The Minister said that he was pleased with the fact that the Israel business community was present in Serbia at a very high level.
The Serbian Foreign Minister stated that the USA was one of the most important foreign trade partner of Serbia and that the engagement of Ambassador Đurić strengthened those connection in the year when we celebrated 140th anniversary of bilateral relations of our two countries.
The Minister emphasized that Serbia wanted to have the best relations with the USA as well as their improvement, especially in the field of economy and increase of US investments in Serbia.
Selaković introduced his interlocutor to the success of economic reforms of Serbia in the past seven years emphasizing that Serbia was the promoter of a positive agenda in the region. According to his words, it primarily referred to “Open Balkans” initiative.
Selaković said that economy might relax political relations and highlighted the gratitude of Serbia to the USA for the support to this initiative.
The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of Serbia in the USA, Marko Đurić
