RELATIONS between Serbia and the United States are on a constant rise, said Serbian Ambassador to Washington Marko Đurić, adding that a letter of support for the improvement of relations between the two countries can be expected soon, which he says is signed by a significant number of members of the US Congress.
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Đurić said that Serbia today has twice as many friends in the American Congress than a year ago, when, as he says, the intensive acquisition of new members of the Congress and the Senate for the Serbian Caucus began.
– I expect a letter of support for the improvement of relations with Serbia by the end of the month by a significantly larger number of members of the Congress in relation to the number of those who signed the previous two letters criticizing Serbia’s positions and affirming the positions of some other parties – said Đurić.
He reminded that the US Special Envoy for the Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, presented a plan for improving relations with Serbia, which refers to strengthening economic cooperation as a basis for future building of political ties and relations, as well as strengthening trust in various areas, from economy to culture and cooperation. areas of defense.
Đurić says that Washington also wants to encourage Brussels to work more actively on EU enlargement, as well as to provide strong support to the regional initiative Open Balkans.
– I have assurances from the representatives of the American administration that Washington will contribute to the fact that some other countries in the region and certain territories, such as our southern province, have a different approach to the Open Balkans – said Đurić.
He pointed out that it is very important for Serbia to have an active dialogue with the United States on the topic of Kosovo and Metohija, which is one of the few on which the two countries do not agree.
– That country has more than 600 soldiers in the KFOR mission, and without the United States, it is difficult to imagine stability in Kosovo and Metohija, which is of vital importance for our people – Đurić underlined.
He added that Serbia in Washington today is incomparably more active than other countries in our region, but that they have several decades of advantages in building relations with the United States.
– We had a terrible period in the 1990s, then we had a period from 2000 to 2012, when our country was in economic collapse – stated Đurić.
As he says, today it is a pleasure to represent a country which, he pointed out, is the best in terms of economic growth in Europe and which has a new policy paradigm, invests intensively in infrastructure and builds 10 highways and expressways.
– One of those roads is being built by an American company that is closely connected with American politics, let me remind you that Bechtel, who is building the Moravian Corridor, was headed by the Secretary of State. All this has to do with the perception of Serbia in political circles in America – the ambassador stated.
He pointed out that the USA is the leading market for the Serbian purpose-built industry, as well as for the IT industry, which, as he says, achieves excellent results with the American one.
– Last week, a Serbian software company bought a reputable American company in Silicon Valley. In Serbia, we have American companies, such as NCR, and others that employ more than 20,000 IT experts in Serbia – stated Đurić.
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