Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Milan Roćen will depart tomorrow to Belgrade where he will participate at the Forum 'Overcoming the crisis, moving towards the European Union' under the plenary Panel "Enlargement Experiences: lessons learned," on the invitation of Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Božidar Đelic.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Milan Roćen hosted today Deputy Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Fu Ying.

Mr Roćen said he was satisfied that Ms Ying visited Montenegro, which, as he said, confirms excellent relations between Montenegro and PR China and gives an additional impulse to the improvement of overall cooperation, its modernisation and dynamisation on the bases of traditional friendship and mutual benefit. He reminded that Montenegro and China mark five years since the establishment of diplomatic relations and expressed his belief that there is an excellent perspective to further strengthen the ties between the two countries and peoples, especially when it comes to attracting investment and tourism.

The meeting will take place at Villa 'Gorica' at 11 am.

It is a great pleasure to address you on behalf of Montenegro at this important event that marks half of century since the Non-Aligned Movement was formed. I would like to thank Serbia for the initiative and the excellent organization of the meeting. I would particularly like to thank and congratulate Egypt for its contribution and active engagement in chairing the Movement. Alongside with Serbia and other successor countries of the SFRY, Montenegro, as an observer country in the Movement, is honored to be one of the hosts of our gathering in Belgrade today, where the first Conference of the heads of state and government of the NAM countries was held 50 years ago.