Chinese President Xi Jinping was met with public enthusiasm when he visited Serbia. He and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic affirmed the friendly cooperation between their countries.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Wednesday with the Serbian president, with both sides expressing optimism that the visit will further boost the 'ironclad' friendly relations between China and the Balkan country. Xi arrived in Serbia to a warm welcome on Tuesday evening from France, where he had a high-stakes state visit dominated by trade disputes and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Serbia's populist President Aleksandar Vucic addressed the crowd from a balcony, calling Xi an 'ironclad' friend. He said hs visit to Serbia is 'historic' because it opens the path for even closer ties. 'We are writing history today, although it doesn’t seem so to many ,' Vucic said. 'We thank President Xi. He hasn’t come to Europe in five years and he has again chosen our little Serbia.
The more than $2 billion project is expected to be completed in 2026, after numerous delays. In 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Serbia took semi-secret delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system flown in on Chinese Air Force Y-20 transport planes. The arms delivery over the territory of at least two NATO member states, Turkey and Bulgaria, was seen by experts as a demonstration of China’s growing global reach.
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