Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico, who led the delegation comprising Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčak, made an official visit to Serbia on January 24th, 2014. During the visit, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico, met with the President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia Nebojša Stefanović, his host Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić and First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić. The talks were also attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivan Mrkić and Minister of Transport of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Antić.

Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico is the first high official of an EU member state who visited Belgrade following the opening of accession negotiations of the Republic of Serbia with the EU on January 21st, 2014.

During the talks with the highest Serbian officials, the two sides reiterated the existing good relations and the support of the Slovak Republic in the Republic of Serbia’s European integration process and its willingness to transfer experiences gained during its own negotiation process. Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico symbolically handed over the keys to the European Union to Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dačić as a show of support of the Slovak Republic to the Republic of Serbia.

The Serbian side expressed gratitude to the Slovak Republic for its respect of the Republic of Serbia’s territorial integrity and refusal to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo and Metohija.

It was concluded that the overall relations are good, but that there is room for improvement in the economic cooperation.