Aleksandar Vucic , Xi Jinping, Beijing, Oct.17 2023 ( instagram.com/buducnostsrbijeav)
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Serbia on May 7 for a two-day official visit, on the invitation of his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, with whom he will discuss advancing bilateral relations and cooperation.
Xi is set to come to Belgrade on the 25th anniversary of the destruction of the building of the Chinese embassy in the 1999 NATO bombing of then-Yugoslavia. This is his first stay in Europe in five years, and includes only two other countries -- France and Hungary.
Xi and Vucic are expected to cover a wide range of topics -- political, economic, technological and cultural. The Chinese president's visit to Belgrade follows Vucic's visit to Beijing some six months ago, when Serbian and Chinese officials signed a free trade deal in the presence of the two leaders at the international Belt and Road Forum. The Serbia-China free trade agreement is due to come into force in July.
Vucic recently said that, during Xi's visit, Serbia would initiate projects of accelerated technological development in areas where it does not have sufficient knowledge, "from robotics, satellite technology, flying automobiles and many other things." A recent diplomatic Chinese press release read that Xi would exchange opinions with Vucic about China-Serbia relations and on international and regional matters of common interest while in Belgrade, and chart the course of future development of bilateral ties.
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