BEIJING: Chinese language President Xi Jinping referred to as for higher cooperation with Serbia on synthetic intelligence, power, and infrastructure throughout talks with Aleksandar Vucic on Monday (Might 25).
The Serbian president is the most recent in a string of international leaders to make the pilgrimage to Beijing in latest months because the world grapples with the financial fallout from the war in the Middle East.
Serbia has maintained shut ties to Beijing and benefited from a growth in Chinese language funding over the previous decade.
“The 2 sides ought to improve cooperation in rising fields reminiscent of synthetic intelligence, the digital economic system, inexperienced power, and superior manufacturing,” Xi stated throughout talks with Vucic on the Nice Corridor of the Individuals, Chinese language state media reported.
They need to additionally cooperate on transportation and power infrastructure via China’s Belt and Highway Initiative, he stated.
Xi additionally referred to as for “real multilateralism” within the face of “turmoil” in worldwide affairs.
The 2 signed a slew of bilateral agreements on commerce, expertise, and schooling, and launched joint statements.
China is amongst Serbia’s high 5 traders, and Chinese language initiatives at the moment underway embody Belgrade’s metro system, a serious highway tunnel within the metropolis and a number of other bridges, in response to Serbia’s finance ministry.
China additionally constructed a high-speed rail line, which opened in October 2025.
Whereas Vucic has been to China a number of instances for varied worldwide summits and boards, this newest journey marks his first official state go to to the nation.
Xi additionally awarded Vucic China’s “friendship medal” throughout his go to on Monday, in an indication of their shut ties.
