First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic met today with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova Andrei Galbur.

The interlocutors noted, during the talks, that the two countries were tied by bonds of friendship and close relations, and that there were no open issues between them. Minister Galbur reiterated his country's support to Serbia with respect to the preservation of its territorial integrity and sovereignty, underlining that Moldova's position concerning non-recognition of unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo and Metohija would not change.

Both sides expressed their readiness to strengthen and enhance political, economic and cultural cooperation, and to establish firmer contacts between the two friendly peoples.