The outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Serbia, Chen Bo, visited Smederevo today and, together with representatives of the company HBIS Serbia and its director, Song Sihai, was a guest at the City Administration. They were welcomed by the Mayor of Smederevo, Jovan Beč, the Deputy President of the City Assembly of Smederevo, Branče Stojanović, and Maja Ćirković, Member of the City Council responsible for culture, tourism and information.
On this occasion, the Mayor of Smederevo, Jovan Beč, stressed that the friendship between Serbia and China is a steel friendship, and that our two countries are good friends and partners who continuously develop their cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and trust. China has shown that it is a friend to Serbia even in the most difficult moments, and he expects this to remain so in the future. He also stressed that it had been a great honour for him to work with Ambassador Chen Bo, who is a great friend of Serbia and Smederevo.
Ambassador Chen Bo stressed that during her term of office she had seen how much the Smederevo Steelworks had progressed, and that the reason for this was the strong support of the City of Smederevo, its leadership and its citizens. She also said that she had very much wanted to visit Smederevo at the end of her term, a city where, as in Serbia as a whole, she had always felt at home.
After the formal welcome in front of the City Administration of Smederevo, the Mayor, together with the Ambassador, the city leadership and representatives of the company HBIS Serbia, visited the Obrenović Villa, where they had the opportunity to tour the premises of this setting of historical importance for our city and for Serbia.
