BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday called for more cooperation with Serbia within the 16+1 cooperation mechanism to realize mutually beneficial and sustainable development.

Li made the pledge when meeting with visiting Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic at the Great Hall of the People.

The "16+1" refers to China and the 16 Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC).

Li said trade and investment between China and Serbia have grown rapidly and bilateral cooperation on production capacity and infrastructure construction continued to make breakthroughs.

He encouraged both sides to further explore cooperation potential, give full play to the 16+1 mechanism and forge ahead with major cooperation projects under market principles and a commercial framework to achieve sustainable development on the basis of win-win cooperation.

Both countries should further promote the Serbia-Hungary railway and make the project an example of China-Serbia flagship cooperation and China-CEEC cooperation on production capacity, Li said.

He also called on the two countries to expand two-way trade, strengthen cooperation in areas including finance, customs, culture, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges, and intensify coordination within the 16+1 framework.

Nikolic, for his part, said Serbia is the first country among the CEECs to establish a comprehensive strategic partnership with China.

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