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Serbia and Uganda have signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement during the first session of the Joint Commission for Trade and Cooperation between the two countries. The Bilateral Air Service Agreement enables for the introduction of nonstop flights between the two states, as well as a codeshare agreement between Uganda Airlines and Air Serbia. Uganda’s President had previously said that Uganda Airlines would introduce flights between Entebbe and Belgrade. The agreement was signed in Niš by Tumusiime Aggrey, Senior Air Transport Officer in Charge of Regulation within the Ugandan Ministry for Transport, and Mirjana Čizmarov, the Director General of the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate. “The Bilateral Air Service Agreement will improve connectivity, trade, and socio-cultural relations between Uganda and Serbia. Ugandan airspace is safe and secure for commercial aviation following the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) security audits where we passed above the global average. On behalf of my Minister, I congratulate both Serbian and Ugandan representatives for delivering the aspirations of the Heads of State”, Mr Aggrey said. Uganda previously signed an agreement with Niš Constantine the Great Airport for it to handle cargo from the African country into the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The deal gives Ugandan exporters more than 750 square meters of storage and shipment space at the airport, including cold storage, for goods that will be distributed in Serbia and onwards to Greece, Albania and Bulgaria. Since the two countries started to expand their relations last summer, Serbian construction companies have secured a string of contracts in the African country. The next session of the Joint Trade Commission between Serbia and Uganda will be held in Kampala in February 2025.
