First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic has met today, on the fringes of the OSCE Mediterranean Conference, with Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain Josep Borrell.

The two collocutors agreed that the bilateral relations were excellent, extremely friendly and void of any outstanding issues. They also underlined mutual readiness to further promote all forms of bilateral cooperation, particularly in the economic area.

The Head of Serbian diplomacy expressed his satisfaction at the continued support of Spain to the European integration of Serbia and underscored that the EU membership is Serbia's strategic foreign policy priority. He extended special gratitude to Spain for its firm position of non-recognition of the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo as well as for its support in all international organizations.

Minister Dacic also stated that Spain was one of our greatest EU friends and pointed to its clear support to the preservation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia.

Minister Borrell reiterated strong support of Spain to the further EU integration process of Serbia. He reaffirmed the principled position of official Madrid concerning the issue of support to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia.