The current annual session of the Chinese Parliament will elect the new leadership of China. What impact will the change of guard in China have on the development of relations and cooperation with Serbia in the future?

We believe that the Sino-Serbian cooperation will continue to have an upward trend in all areas even after the election of new leadership in China, and that the coming period will see continued successful implementation of initiated projects and the development of a series of new ones. Sino-Serbian relations are characterized by their traditional friendship and deep mutual confidence and understanding, as evidenced also by their strategic partnership established in August 2009. Serbia sees in China an attested friend and strategic partner with which it maintains close cooperation and enjoys reciprocal support on the most important issues, as proven even at the most difficult moments in its more recent past. We greatly appreciate Chinese support for the preservation of Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and our positions regarding Kosovo and Metohija. On its part, it fully supports the policy of One China. We stand ready to work together with the new Chinese leadership to further intensify our dialogue and promote our relations and concrete cooperation in all areas, in the period ahead. The highest-ranking Chinese leaders have open-ended invitations to visit Serbia, and we are hopeful that some of these visits will take place soon.