Selakovic: Non-Aligned Movement meeting next week in Belgrade

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic said today that more than 100 foreign delegations, including about 40 foreign ministers, applied to participate in the gathering on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement, to be held early next week in Belgrade.

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"This will certainly be one of the largest multilateral gatherings in Europe this year," Selakovic told TV Pink, adding that it speaks to our country's reputation.

As he said, the strategic and essential goal of Serbia is membership in the European Union (EU), but Serbia is not renouncing its traditional friends, and "these are not only Russia and China, but also members of the Non-Aligned Movement," Beta reports.

He explained that this movement is today being connected with two things - Josip Broz Tito, because of everything that Yugoslavia did to help liberation movements, decolonization, peaceful coexistence.

Another notion that Non-Aligned countries are linked to, said Selakovic, is Belgrade, which for many nations is a kind of "a window to the free world" which is evidenced in the extremely large number of participants despite difficult travel conditions due to the Covid pandemic.

"Today, Serbia is a serious, sovereign country, where decisions are not made by foreign ambassadors and emissaries. We are taking into account not only our own interests but also those of other countries," said Selakovic, mentioning also the Open Balkans initiative.

(Telegraf.rs)