Selakovic: We are grateful to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for supporting Serbia's territorial integrity and sovereignty

03. Jul 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Nikola Selakovic met in Lusaka with Minister to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Nana Manuanina Kihimba.

Minister Selakovic noted that the two countries had good and friendly relations, which were additionally strengthened through the recent visit by President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo to Serbia.

Selakovic expressed the expectation that new meetings at the high and top levels would follow in the near future, and extended an invitation to DR Congo to take part in the marking the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade in October, at the level of the head of state.

Minister Selakovic expressed special gratitude for the constant and principled support of DR Congo to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia, as well as for the support it provided to us in international organizations.

The interlocutors exchanged information on the epidemiological situation and discussed possibilities for cooperation in the fight against Covid-19.

Minister Selakovic informed his collocutor about the fact that the new Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Kinshasa would soon take office.

In Lusaka, Minister Selakovic attended the funeral of the first president of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda and had meetings with officials from a number of African countries who had arrived there to pay their respects to the deceased.