Vucic speaks with Borisov ahead of the meeting of the regional Quadrilateral

Photo: Tanjug/Dragan Kujundzic, Tanjug/Sava Radovanovic

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic talked on the phone yesterday with Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov, ahead of today's video conference meeting of the High Cooperation Council of Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece dedicated to tackling the economic consequences of the COVID-19 epidemic.

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President Vucic and Prime Minister Borisov agreed that mutual agreement to ease border crossing procedures remains one of the key elements to intice business activities, especially in the field of tourism after a long pause due to coronavirus.

In this regard, the two interlocutors particularly insisted on the need to ensure the implementation of appropriate anti-epidemiological measures to ensure the protection of the health of citizens and prevent the further spread of the infectious disease, the president's press service announced.

President Vucic and Prime Minister Borisov expressed satisfaction that Serbia and Bulgaria are successfully fighting coronavirus and that the epidemic is being kept under control, with the hope that it will soon be completely overcome.

Vucic and Borisov agreed on a bilateral meeting that should take place soon, especially looking forward to visiting the works on the construction of a highway from the Serbian border with Bulgaria to Sofia, the completion of which will fully connect our country with Asia.

At the same time, the two officials stressed the importance of building the Balkan Stream gas pipeline and the gas interconnector for energy connections between Serbia and Bulgaria.

President Vucic and Prime Minister Borisov also expressed hope that circumstances would soon allow the good practice of quarterly meetings of the leaders of the High Cooperation Council of Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece to continue talks on joint infrastructure and energy projects, as well as other forms of cooperation.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)