MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The cooperation between Russia and Serbia has reached a strategic level, the speaker of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, said on Monday.

“We highly appreciate the level of cooperation between Russia and Serbia. We believe that on a number of indicators and on a number of directions, it has reached a strategic level,” Sergey Naryshkin said at the meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic.

Naryshkin said that this is essential amid the lack of trust currently seen in Europe.

“Russia and Serbia have always stood for and continue standing for observing the norms of the international law,” he said, adding that efforts should be made to ensure security and calm in Europe.

Gojkovic said Russia and Serbia have “a very big space for developing cooperation.”