(ANSAmed) - BELGRADE, MAY 25 - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has called for the adhesion of Montenegro to 'Open Balkan', the agreement between Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania aimed at creating a common market in the Balkan area, eliminating barriers in exchanges to facilitate the free circulation of people, goods, services and capital. On the sidelines of the Forum of Davos, Vucic - media in Belgrade reported - met on Wednesday with the new premier of Montenegro, Dritan Abazovic, whom he invited to the new summit of 'Open Balkan' scheduled over the coming weeks in Ohrid, in North Macedonia.

    In their talks today, Vucic and Abazovic spoke about boosting relations between Serbia and Montenegro, in particular in the fields of energy, infrastructure and tourism, as well as regional cooperation and the reconciliation between the populations of the western Balkans. Vucic, who spoke in Davos on Wednesday during a panel on the situation in the Balkans, held various bilateral meetings with political and financial leaders.
    Serbia and Montenegro - which constituted a political union until 2006 - are engaged in EU adhesion talks. Podgorica adhered to NATO in 2017.(ANSAmed).