China and Serbia agreed two important joint statements and concluded a raft of cooperation agreements during President Aleksandar Vučić’s May 24-28 state visit.
The Joint Statement by the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Continuing to Advance the Building of a China-Serbia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era said that the two heads of state had agreed that building a community with a shared future for the new era is a strategic choice made by both sides based on each other’s development paths and the will of the people. Although China and Serbia differ in history, culture, and national conditions, they have always firmly defended national sovereignty and territorial integrity, always upheld fairness and justice, always stood on the right side of history, always upheld the spirit of openness and cooperation, are committed to people’s happiness and national prosperity, are committed to upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, and to achieving the noble cause of peace and development for humanity and building a community with a shared future for humankind.
China highly appreciates Serbia’s achievements in economic and social development and improving people’s livelihoods, supports Serbia’s efforts to maintain national stability and social harmony, and is pleased to see Serbia smoothly advance the “Serbia 2030” development strategy, achieve its established goals on schedule, and promote Serbia’s development and people’s well-being.
China also welcomes Belgrade’s hosting of the 2027 World Expo and is willing to actively participate, contributing to the successful hosting of this important event and strengthening cooperation with Serbia in areas of mutual concern such as culture and economy.
Serbia, for its part, wishes the Chinese people the full success of building a modern socialist country under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the smooth achievement of the second centenary goal. It supports China in comprehensively advancing the construction of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernisation.
Among the other key points agreed are:
- Both sides reaffirm their firm support for each other’s safeguarding of national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national dignity, emphasise respect for the rights of their peoples to independently choose their own development paths and social systems, support each other on issues involving each other’s core interests and major concerns, and oppose external forces interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under any pretext.
- Serbia reiterated that developing friendly relations with the People’s Republic of China is one of the main pillars of the country’s foreign policy and underlined its firm support for China on all its core issues of major concern.
- China reiterated its opposition to imposing any proposals on the status of Kosovo and Metohija. Relevant parties should, within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 1244, reach mutually acceptable solutions through dialogue and consultation. In this process, Serbia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity must be fully respected. China supports the Republic of Serbia’s efforts to seek a peaceful compromise through dialogue with representatives of the Pristina Temporary Institution, calling for the implementation of the agreements reached in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue to effectively safeguard the religious and cultural heritage security of Serbia’s southern provinces of Kosovo and Metohija.
- China understands Serbia’s efforts to become a member of the European Union and welcomes Serbia’s policy of developing friendly relations with regional countries and promoting regional peace and cooperation.
- Serbia supports China’s efforts to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea and agrees that, in accordance with relevant bilateral agreements and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, the direct parties should peacefully resolve territorial disputes and maritime rights disputes through friendly consultation and negotiation.
- Both sides agreed to deepen exchanges and cooperation in counterterrorism, prevention of “colour revolutions,” security for Belt and Road projects, and security for large-scale events, jointly combat various transnational crimes, continue joint police patrols and SWAT (tactical strength and endurance) joint exercises and training, and jointly improve law enforcement and security operation capabilities
- They both highly appreciate the positive role of the Belt and Road Initiative in promoting the economic and social development of Serbia and China and are willing to continue deepening and expanding cooperation in trade, investment, transportation, energy, information, technology, and humanities within the framework of the initiative.
- They also fully affirmed the importance of the China-Europe Railway Express between China and Serbia in promoting economic and trade cooperation between them and are willing to jointly take pragmatic measures to promote infrastructure connectivity, ensure the safety of China-Europe Railway Express transport corridors, and improve transportation quality and efficiency.
- Both sides highly praised the achievements of their cooperation in technological innovation and will further strengthen pragmatic cooperation in space technology, artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, digital economy, and new energy, jointly cultivating new quality productive forces.
- Serbia places great importance on its membership in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a bank initiated by China that enables access to concessional loans and the implementation of priority projects.
- Both sides are willing to continue deepening cooperation in exchanges among young scientists, joint research, and technology transfer, support research institutions and enterprises in jointly building joint laboratories, science parks, and incubators, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and strengthen the integration of innovation ecosystems.
- Both sides are willing to strengthen technological exchanges in the aerospace field, explore cooperation projects, promote practical cooperation, encourage close exchanges between enterprises and research institutions from both sides, achieve complementary advantages and mutual benefit, and advance space technology to serve economic and social development.
- Both sides are willing to strengthen financial cooperation, re-sign bilateral local currency swap agreements, encourage financial institutions of both countries to use RMB swap funds to support trade and investment activities between enterprises from both countries, promote the further expansion of bilateral local currency settlement by Serbia’s RMB clearing bank, and facilitate trade and investment between the two countries.
- Both sides attach great importance to cooperation in the field of e-commerce, continuously advancing the implementation of the “China-Serbia E-commerce Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding” signed in 2024, and are willing to study and promote compatibility of e-commerce rules and standards, expanding cooperation in online and offline national pavilions. China welcomes Serbia to participate in the “Silk Road E-commerce Benefits the World” series of events.
- Both sides highly praised China-Serbia achievements in education, sports, healthcare, tourism, and local exchanges, and expressed willingness to further deepen vocational education cooperation and strengthen digital education and AI-empowered educational cooperation; Strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the health sector on bilateral and multilateral platforms, and promote the building of a community of human health and wellness; Deepen tourism cooperation and continuously improve the convenience of personnel exchanges; Encourage more provinces and cities of both countries to engage in friendly exchanges and promote positive results in sister city relations between China and Serbia.
A separate Joint Statement by the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Jointly Promoting the Implementation of Four Major Global Initiatives emphasises the contemporary value and global significance of promoting the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilisation Initiative, and Global Governance Initiative.
Serbia highly appreciates and supports President Xi Jinping’s four major global initiatives, believing that these initiatives contribute Chinese wisdom and strength to solving global development challenges, addressing international security challenges, promoting cultural exchanges and mutual learning, and reforming and improving global governance. They point the way forward for international relations and human society amid the accelerating evolution of a century of change.
China and Serbia are committed to promoting the building of a community with a shared future in the new era, will continue to strengthen strategic communication, closely cooperate in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, practice true multilateralism, oppose hegemonism and power politics, uphold international fairness and justice, and encourage all parties to jointly send out a strong voice for building a community with a shared future for humanity.
- Both sides emphasised that differences and disputes should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation. They support the international community’s efforts to promote a political resolution to the Ukraine crisis and restore peace and stability in the Gulf and Middle East, calling on all parties to fully comply with international humanitarian law and do everything possible to prevent the spread of conflict.
- Both sides will jointly promote the implementation of the Global Civilisation Initiative, promote the concept of equality, mutual learning, dialogue, and inclusiveness, as well as the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all humanity, and oppose imposing their own values and models on others.
- Both sides will jointly promote the implementation of the Global Governance Initiative, advocate the practice of sovereign equality, compliance with international rule of law, multilateralism, people-oriented approaches, and focus on action orientation, adhere to the global governance concept of consultation, joint contribution, and shared benefits, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. They reiterate that, in the current turbulent international situation, all parties must firmly uphold the international system centred on the United Nations, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. Serbia is willing to join and actively participate in the “Friends of Global Governance Group.”
- Both sides believe that countries should work together to address the challenges posed by climate change based on principles of fairness, common but differentiated responsibilities, and respective capabilities, and promote the comprehensive and effective implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement.
In addition to the two joint statements, China and Serbia also signed a total of 20 cooperation agreements across a range of sectors.
The following articles were originally published on the websites of the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the government of the Republic of Serbia. The joint statements were published in Chinese and have been machine translated.
Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Continuously Promoting the Building of a China-Serbia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era
May 25 (MFA) – At the invitation of Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia, paid a state visit to the People’s Republic of China from May 24 to 28, 2026.
During his visit, President Xi Jinping held an effective meeting with President Vučić. Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning met with President Vučić respectively. China and Serbia (hereinafter referred to as “the two sides”) exchanged views and reached broad consensus on deepening the ironclad friendship between China and Serbia, further promoting the construction of a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era, expanding all-round mutually beneficial cooperation, jointly building “the Belt and Road Initiative”, China － cooperation among Central and Eastern European countries, and international and regional issues of common concern. The parties hereby declare as follows:
1. The two heads of state reiterated the consensus reached in the “Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Deepening and Enhancing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a China-Serbia Community with a Shared Future in the New Era” issued in May 2024, and agreed that building a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era is a common strategic choice made by both sides based on each other’s development paths and the will of the people. Although China and Serbia have different histories, cultures and national conditions, they have always firmly defended national sovereignty and territorial integrity, always adhered to fairness and justice, always stood on the right side of history, always upheld the spirit of openness and cooperation, committed to the happiness of the people and the prosperity of the country, committed to safeguarding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, committed to realizing the noble cause of human peace and development, and building a community with a shared future for mankind. The two sides will jointly promote the implementation of global development initiatives, global security initiatives, global civilization initiatives and global governance initiatives.
The two sides are satisfied with the cooperation results achieved so far in building a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era, and agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation in various fields such as politics, economy, science and technology, society, and culture in accordance with the principles of independence, mutual respect and trust, win-win cooperation, and mutual achievement, continuously deepen the China-Serbia comprehensive strategic partnership, and continuously promote the building of a China-Serbia community with a shared future in the new era.
2. The two sides will continue to play the strategic guiding role of heads of state diplomacy in bilateral relations, fully implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and agree to continue to maintain close high-level exchanges between the two countries through meetings, phone calls, correspondence and other forms.
China highly appreciates Serbia’s achievements in economic and social development and improving economic and people’s livelihood, supports Serbia’s efforts to maintain national stability and social harmony, and is pleased to see Serbia smoothly advance its “Serbia 2030” development strategy, achieve all established goals as scheduled, and promote Serbia’s development and people’s well-being.
China welcomes Belgrade to host the 2027 World Expo and is willing to actively participate in the exhibition, contribute to the successful holding of this important event, and strengthen cooperation with Serbia in areas of common concern to both sides, such as culture and economy.
Serbia highly appreciates the major development achievements made by China during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period and believes that the “15th Five-Year Plan” will provide new strategic guidance for China’s modernization drive and provide more certainty, stability and new opportunities for the development of all countries, including Serbia. I wish the Chinese people, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, to build a modern socialist country in an all-round way and successfully achieve the second centenary goal. Support China in comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.
3. The two sides reaffirmed their firm support for each other in safeguarding national sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity, emphasized respect for the rights of their respective peoples to independently choose their own development paths and social systems, supported each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests and major concerns, and opposed external forces interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under any pretext.
Serbia reiterated that developing friendly relations with the People’s Republic of China is one of the main pillars of Serbia’s foreign policy. Firmly adhere to the one-China principle, emphasize that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legitimate government representing all of China, firmly oppose any form of “Taiwan independence”, firmly support China in achieving national reunification, and the authority of UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 cannot be questioned or challenged. Firmly support China’s position on issues related to Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang and human rights.
China reiterates its opposition to the imposition of any formula on the status of “Kosovo and Metohija”. The parties concerned should reach mutually acceptable solutions through dialogue and consultation within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 1244. In doing so, Serbia’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity must be fully respected. China supports the efforts of the Republic of Serbia to seek a compromise solution in a peaceful manner during the dialogue with representatives of the Pristina Provisional Institutions, and calls for the implementation of the agreement reached at the Belgrade－Pristina dialogue to effectively safeguard the religious and cultural heritage of Kosovo and Metohija, the southern province of Serbia. As an important part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement, the establishment of the “Serb Cities Alliance” must be implemented.
China understands Serbia’s efforts to become a full member of the European Union and welcomes Serbia’s policy of developing friendly relations with regional countries and promoting regional peace and cooperation.
Serbia supports China’s efforts to maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea and agrees that the territorial issues and disputes over maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea should be peacefully resolved through friendly consultations and negotiations among the direct parties in accordance with relevant bilateral agreements and the provisions of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea.
4. The two sides agreed to establish an Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia to plan, discuss, guide and promote cooperation between the two countries in various fields. The two sides will further consult on issues such as the composition, form and operating mechanism of the government committee.
The two sides will further deepen friendly cooperation between legislative institutions, namely exchanges and cooperation between the National People’s Congress of China and the National Assembly of Serbia, successfully hold meetings of the China-Serbia Legislative Cooperation Committee, and promote exchanges between high-level officials, special committees, friendship groups and local legislative institutions of both sides.
The two sides will continue to deepen cooperation between the two countries’ diplomatic departments, actively carry out regular meetings and consultations at all levels, exchange views and coordinate positions on bilateral relations and international and regional hot issues of common concern.
The two sides agreed to continuously deepen exchanges and cooperation in areas such as counter-terrorism, prevention “color revolution”, security of “Belt and Road” projects, and security of large-scale events, jointly combat various types of transnational crimes, continue to carry out joint police patrols and joint special police exercises and training, and jointly improve law enforcement and security operations capabilities.
The two sides agreed to continue to strengthen contacts and cooperation between immigration departments and deepen practical cooperation in entry-exit border inspection at ports, facilitating personnel exchanges, combating illegal immigration activities, and building law enforcement capabilities. Continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the legal and judicial fields.
The two sides agreed to further strengthen exchanges, cooperation and mutual learning between the political parties of the two countries, especially the ruling parties.
5. The two sides will promote the alignment of China’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and “Serbia 2030” development strategies, actively expand new growth points for future cooperation based on the successful cooperation between the two countries, and work together to pursue the development of their respective countries.
The two sides highly appreciate the positive role of the Belt and Road Initiative in promoting the economic and social development of Serbia and China, and are willing to continue to deepen and expand cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, transportation, energy, information, science and technology, humanities and other fields within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, and jointly maintain the safety of projects and corporate personnel.
The two sides fully affirmed the importance of the China-Europe Express between China and Serbia in promoting China-Serbia economic and trade cooperation, and were willing to jointly take practical measures to promote infrastructure connectivity, ensure the safety of the China-Europe Express transportation channel, and improve transportation quality and efficiency.
The two sides highly appreciate the results of cooperation between the two countries in the field of scientific and technological innovation, and will further strengthen practical cooperation in space technology, artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence, digital economy, new energy and other fields, and jointly cultivate new quality productivity.
Serbia attaches great importance to its membership in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which was established at the initiative of China and has made it possible to obtain preferential loans and implement priority projects.
The two sides expressed satisfaction with the increasing number of direct flights between the two countries and encouraged airlines from both sides to open more passenger and cargo flights in accordance with bilateral air rights arrangements and market demand.
The two sides are willing to continue to deepen cooperation in exchanges among young scientists, joint research, and technology transfer, support scientific research institutions and enterprises of the two countries in jointly building joint laboratories, science and technology parks, and incubators, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and strengthen the connection of innovation ecosystems.
The two sides are willing to strengthen technical exchanges in the aerospace field, explore cooperation projects, promote practical cooperation, encourage close exchanges between enterprises and scientific research institutions of both sides, achieve complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win results, and promote aerospace technology to serve economic and social development.
The two sides agreed to further deepen practical cooperation in the fields of geology, geological and mineral exploration, and green mining, support the geological survey institutions of the two countries to carry out joint research and technical exchanges, jointly improve the level of sustainable resource utilization and management, and ensure the stability and security of the resource industry chain and supply chain of the two countries.
The two sides agreed to further deepen customs and inspection and quarantine cooperation, promote rule docking and capacity building, and promote the improvement of bilateral trade customs clearance efficiency and supply chain security. The two sides will strengthen cooperation in animal and plant disease prevention and control, food safety supervision and inspection and quarantine within the framework of the “Belt and Road” Food Safety Cooperation Mechanism, actively promote the process of access for agricultural and food products to China, and promote the successful development of bilateral agricultural and food product trade. China welcomes more safe and high-quality agricultural and food products from Serbia to enter the Chinese market.
The two sides are willing to strengthen financial cooperation, re-sign the bilateral local currency swap agreement, encourage financial institutions of the two countries to use RMB swap funds to support the trade and investment activities of enterprises in the two countries, promote the Serbian RMB Clearing Bank to further expand the scale of bilateral local currency settlement, and promote trade and investment facilitation between the two countries.
The two sides fully affirmed and agreed to continue to play the role of the China-Serbia Mixed Economic and Trade Committee mechanism and continue to promote high-quality development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. We fully recognize the positive results achieved since the implementation of the China－Serbia Free Trade Agreement and agree to continue to work together to implement the agreement.
Serbia welcomes China’s “Initiative on International Economic and Trade Cooperation on Green Minerals” and “Initiative on Framework for International Economic and Trade Cooperation on Digital Economy and Green Development”. The two sides are willing to promote trade and investment cooperation in the fields of digital economy, green development and green minerals, and promote transformation and sustainable development in the above-mentioned fields.
The two sides attach great importance to cooperation in the field of e-commerce, continue to promote the implementation of the “Memorandum of Understanding on China-Serbia E-commerce Cooperation” signed in 2024, and are willing to study and promote the interconnection and compatibility of e-commerce rules and standards, and expand cooperation in online and offline national pavilions and other fields. China welcomes Serbia to participate in the “Silk Road E-commerce Benefits the World” series of activities. Serbia is welcome to actively participate in major exhibitions such as the Global Digital Trade Expo.
6. The two sides are willing to continue to strengthen exchanges in the fields of media, think tanks, film, radio and television, online audio-visual, publishing, etc., deepen practical cooperation in policy dialogue, content creation, technical exchanges, personnel visits, film and television festivals and exhibitions, and strive to create a new situation of cultural exchanges and cultural integration.
The two sides highly appreciate China’s achievements in education, sports, medical and health care, tourism, and local exchanges, and are willing to further deepen cooperation in vocational education and strengthen cooperation in digital education and artificial intelligence-enabled education; strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of health care on bilateral and multilateral platforms, and promote the building of a human health community; deepen tourism cooperation, Continue to improve the level of facilitation of personnel exchanges; encourage more provinces and cities in the two countries to carry out friendly exchanges, and promote positive results in China-Serbia sister city relations.
Joint Statement of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Serbia on Jointly Promoting the Implementation of the Four Global Initiatives
May 25 (MFA) – At the invitation of Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia, paid a state visit to China from May 24 to 28, 2026. During the meeting, the two heads of state had an in-depth exchange of views on international and regional issues of common concern, and emphasized the contemporary value and global significance of promoting the implementation of global development initiatives, global security initiatives, global civilization initiatives, and global governance initiatives.
Serbia highly appreciates and supports the four major global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping. It believes that the four major global initiatives have contributed Chinese wisdom and strength to solving global development problems, responding to international security challenges, promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and reforming and improving global governance. They have pointed out the correct direction for international relations and the progress of human society in the century-long changes that are accelerating.
Both sides agreed that the world today is facing many common challenges and key historical choices. China and Serbia are committed to promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in the new era. They will continue to strengthen strategic communication, work closely together in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, practice true multilateralism, oppose hegemony and power politics, uphold international fairness and justice, and promote all parties to jointly send a strong voice of the times for building a community with a shared future for mankind.
1. The two sides will jointly promote the implementation of the Global Development Initiative, implement the Memorandum of Understanding on Promoting the Implementation of the Global Development Initiative, and expand practical cooperation around key areas of the Initiative. Serbia has decided to join and will actively participate in the “Group of Friends of the Global Development Initiative” activities. The two sides will encourage the international community to focus on development issues, increase development investment, and pool efforts to promote the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The two sides reiterated their willingness to continue to promote the process of economic globalization, maintain the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain, maintain an open, inclusive, transparent and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core, support world trade rules to keep pace with the times, and promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation.
2. The two sides will jointly promote the implementation of the Global Security Initiative, advocate that all countries adhere to a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security concept, respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. Strengthen dialogue, exchanges and practical cooperation within the framework of the Global Security Initiative, jointly enhance the ability to respond to security risks and challenges in traditional and non-traditional areas, and work together to promote the improvement of global security governance.
The two sides stressed that disputes over differences should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and consultation. Support the efforts of the international community to promote a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis and restore peace and stability in the Gulf and the Middle East, and call on all parties to fully abide by international humanitarian law and make every effort to prevent the spread of the conflict.
The two sides reiterated their condemnation of and opposition to all forms of terrorism, and stressed that the international community should continuously strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation, play the coordinating role of the United Nations center, and use comprehensive means to address both the symptoms and root causes of terrorism. Opposing double standards in counter-terrorism and the politicization and instrumentalization of counter-terrorism, we will continue to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation bilaterally and within multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations.
3. The two sides will jointly promote the implementation of the Global Civilization Initiative, promote the concept of civilization based on equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness, and the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom for all mankind, and oppose the imposition of their own values and models on others. We jointly advocate respecting the diversity of world civilizations, transcending barriers between civilizations through exchanges among civilizations, transcending conflicts among civilizations through mutual learning among civilizations, and transcending superiority among civilizations through inclusiveness among civilizations. We are willing to jointly promote international cultural exchanges and cooperation, promote mutual understanding and friendship among peoples of all countries, and jointly promote the development and progress of human civilization.
The two sides believe that the promotion and protection of human rights is a common cause of all mankind. All countries should cooperate to promote and protect human rights on the basis of mutual respect and equality, and should not politicize or instrumentalize human rights issues. The two sides will strengthen communication and cooperation in multilateral human rights forums to promote the development of global human rights governance in a more just manner.
4. The two sides will jointly promote the implementation of the global governance initiative, advocate and adhere to core concepts such as sovereign equality, compliance with the international rule of law, practice multilateralism, advocate people-orientedness, and focus on action orientation, adhere to the global governance concept of extensive consultation, joint construction and sharing, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. Reiterates that in the current international situation of mixed changes and chaos, all parties must firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations at its core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. Serbia is ready to join and actively participate in the “Group of Friends of Global Governance”. The two sides will jointly promote the International Mediation Institute to play an active role in peacefully resolving disputes and promoting friendly cooperation among countries.
The two sides believe that all countries should work together to address the challenges posed by climate change in accordance with the principles of fairness, common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and promote the full and effective implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement.
The two sides reiterated their support for the United Nations to play a leading role in the global governance of artificial intelligence, and expressed their willingness to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, strengthen the docking and coordination of artificial intelligence development strategies, governance rules, and technical standards, and build artificial intelligence into an international public product that benefits mankind. Serbia supports the establishment and is willing to join the World Organization for Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence, and supports China in hosting the World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-level Conference on Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence.
Serbia, China sign multiple documents on cooperation
May 25 (Government of Serbia) – In Beijing today, in the presence of President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, several documents on cooperation between Serbia and China in numerous areas were signed.
Vučić and Xi signed a joint statement on continuously promoting and building a Serbia-China community with a shared future in the new era and a joint statement on jointly advancing the implementation of four global initiatives.
Serbia and China signed, among other documents, the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Serbia and the Government of China on jointly promoting cooperation within the framework of the Global Security Initiative (GSI).
A medium-term action plan on joint cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative was also signed between the Government of Serbia and the Government of China for the period from 2026 to 2028.
Among the signed documents is a memorandum of understanding on advancing cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence, a cooperation programme in the field of education, as well as on strengthening cooperation in the field of vocational and dual education and lifelong learning.
Memoranda of understanding on cooperation in the field of the environment and on strategic cooperation in technological development and innovation were also signed in Beijing.
Among the signed documents are the memorandum of understanding on strengthening economic cooperation in industrial and supply chains, in the field of tourism, as well as the agreement on development cooperation between the Government of Serbia and the Government of China.
