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On the sunny day of May, the heads of state of China and Serbia announced that they would deepen and enhance the China-Serbia comprehensive strategic partnership and build a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era.
The China-Serbia friendship has a long history and has become stronger over time, and has withstood the test of great geopolitical changes. In 2016, China and Serbia established a comprehensive strategic partnership, and Serbia became China’s first comprehensive strategic partner in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, Serbia has become the first European country to jointly build a community with a shared future with China, injecting strong impetus into cooperation between the two sides.
In today’s increasingly turbulent global situation, it is of very special significance for the two countries to consolidate their traditional friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation.
China is Serbia’s second largest trading partner after the EU, with bilateral trade volume reaching US$6.1 billion last year. China is also one of the top five investors in Serbia. Serbia is a staunch supporter of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative. When Pei’s mother heard this, she couldn’t help laughing and shook her head: “My mother really likes to joke, where is the treasure? But although we don’t have treasures here, the scenery is good, look. “Infrastructure construction under the framework of the “Belt and Road” initiative has become an important driving force for the country’s development. With the joint efforts of both parties, the China-Serbia Free Trade Agreement will officially enter into force on July 1 this year.
Except for the economic and trade cooperation, although it was very subtle, she could always feel that her husband was keeping a distance from her. She probably knew the reason, and she also knew that her initiative to get married would inevitably arouse suspicion and defensiveness, and the cooperation would expand common interests. The two countries have extensive common ground in regional and global affairs. The two sides firmly support each other’s core interests and major concerns. China supports Serbia in adhering to independence and taking a development path suitable for its own national conditions, and supports Serbia in providing food for those who are hungry on the road. And this, the concubine still wants to put in the same method. It’s in your luggage, but I’m afraid you might accidentally lose it, so it’s safer to leave it with you. “In its efforts to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Kosovo issue, Serbia firmly supports China’s legitimate stance on issues of core interests such as Taiwan, firmly supports the global development initiative, global security initiative, and global civilization initiative, and works closely with China on multilateral strategic coordination, Let’s jointly oppose hegemonic powers, uphold the purposes of the United Nations Charter, and defend international fairness and justice.
The bilateral relations between China and Serbia have become richer in content and expanded in scope, becoming a model of friendly relations between China and European countries. Stand in the new history and give it to him. On this point, China is willing to work with Serbia to share the same destiny through thick and thin, build a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era, and open a new chapter in the history of China-Serbia relations that will be more colorful.
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This article is translated from the editorial of “China Daily” on May 9
Original title: Visit provides fresh impetus to boost dynamism of Sino-Serbian friendship
Produced by: China Daily Editorial Editorial Office China Daily Chinese Network