Beijing: The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia won the Football Tournament organised by the daily newspaper, Global Times

15. Aug 2022.
The Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Beijing participated in the traditional Friendship Cup Football Tournament, organised by the daily newspaper, Global Times, aiming to strengthen cooperation between China and other countries and to promote sports as well.

In the Football Tournament participated, beside representatives of the embassies of Brazil, Iceland, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sudan and Turkmenistan in China, the  teams of the General Administration of Sport of China and the Beijing Diplomatic Service. It was a convincing victory for the team of the Embassy of the Republic of Serbia.

The participation of the representatives of the Serbian Embassy in the tournament is the continuation of good cooperation with this daily newspaper.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Global Times, Xie Rongbin,  emphasised that diplomacy today is a crucial part of international relations, while sports are an effective way to promote dialogue and understanding between different cultures, and that they have become increasingly important in diplomacy.