Serbia, Kyrgyzstan agree to cancel visas for citizens of both countries

BELGRADE, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Serbia and Kyrgyzstan Tuesday signed an agreement to cancel visas for citizens of the two countries.

The deal was signed by the foreign ministers of Serbia and Kyrgyzstan Ivica Dacic and Erlan Abdyldaev, according to the government's press office.

The two foreign minister also discussed establishing free trade within the framework of the Eurasian Union.

"Cancellation of visas is the best way to express friendship in a formal way," Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said after signing the deal, adding that the two countries should advance their economic cooperation which last year amounted to only 15 million U.S. dollars,

"Kyrgyzstan is a member of the Eurasian Union and currently there are ongoing negotiations about free-trade, such as the one that we have with Russia and Belarus, as well as all the other members of that union," Dacic said, announcing that Serbia would support Kyrgyzstan as a candidate for the member of the UN Security Council.

Dacic thanked Kyrgyzstan for his country's support to Serbia in international organizations such as UNESCO, and for respecting Serbia's sovereignty, announcing that he would visit Kyrgyzstan on the 20-year anniversary of their diplomatic relations.

For his part, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Erlan Abdyldaev said the two discussed a wide range of issues -- from bilateral ones to those related to international and regional organizations.

"We understood each other on all issues. Serbia is for us a friendly country and a reliable partner in the international arena," he said.

Abdyldaev said they had reached an agreement for the two countries to cooperate in the areas of agriculture, manufacturing industry and energy, and expressed his expectations that "one big Serbian company will come to do business on the Kyrgyz market." Enditem