Brnabic with Xi Jinping (Photo: Serbian Government/Pedja Vuckovic)
During her ongoing visit to China, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Nov. 6 and discussed economic cooperation between their two countries.
The day before, Brnabic spoke at the opening ceremony for the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai and expressed her satisfaction over the fact that Serbia is participating in the event for the first time, as a guest of honor.
The prime minister has met with representatives of the HBIS Group, which owns the Smederevo iron and steel mill, and has held talks with JD.com about promoting Serbian products and tourist destinations on the Chinese market.
Brnabic also paid a visit to the China Academy of Science’s Institute for Genetics and Developmental Biology.
Brnabic expressed her support for collaboration with BGI, a genomics and bioinformatics company whose Belgrade developmental center employs 17 engineers. BGI is also set to be one of the first tenants of Belgrade’s future Bio4 Campus, a 20-hectare science and technology hub to be built in place of the capital’s Torlak Institute for Virology, Vaccines and Sera.
“We’ve confirmed mutual partnership, support and friendship – both political and economic. Politically speaking, China will never alter its stance on Kosovo and Metohija, while we also fully respect the One China principle,” Brnabic told Serbian reporters in Beijing.
According to her, Xi has hinted at the possibility of visiting Serbia in 2024.
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