Ambassador says deals to boost ties

Economic relations to be lifted to new level, says Serbian envoy

China and Serbia are set to seal a dozen deals in infrastructure and science when President Xi Jinping kicks off the first state visit to the Eastern European nation by a Chinese president in 32 years.

Milan Bacevic, Serbian ambassador to China, told China Daily that the two countries will also raise bilateral ties to a comprehensive partnership during the visit, which is considered by Serbia as "a crowning moment in the relations between the two countries".