Minister of Mines and Energy Aleksandar Antic paid a visit to Istanbul on November 19, representing the Republic of Serbia, at the ceremony of the Completion of offshore setion of turkstream project. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayip Erdogan attended the ceremony.

On the margins of the ceremony, Antic met with Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Fatih Donmez. Zoran Markovic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Turkey also attended the meeting. Minister Fatih Donmez expressed satisfaction with the bilateral meeting with his Serbian counterpart. Minister Antić assessed with Turkish counterpart that friendly relations between President Recep Tayip Erdogan and President Aleksandar Vucic result in the development of economic, energy and political relations between Turkey and Serbia at the highest level.