President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić received the Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation, Yevgeny Primakov, to discuss cultural, scientific and educational cooperation between the two countries and about overall bilateral relations between Serbia and Serbia and Russia.
President Vučić and Primakov agreed that the spiritual ties between the two nations represent a solid basis for the development of relations at all levels and that each visit of one of the Russian officials strengthens our cooperation further. Therefore, on this occasion, they considered proposals for expanding cultural cooperation, such as regular exchange of exhibitions and guest performances of theatre and opera, as well as for cooperation in the field of education including the regular exchange of student scholarships, increasing in number.
President Vučić expressed his gratitude to the Russian state and President Putin, as well as to Russian artists for their help in the interior painting of Saint Sava Temple in Belgrade. The importance of the support expressed by the Russian side for the preservation and protection of the Serbian cultural and religious heritage in Kosovo and Metohija in UNESCO and other international forums was also highlighted.
The two interlocutors also discussed the situation in the Western Balkans region.
