YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS. Serbia expects to sign a free trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in 2016, the country's ambassador to Russia Slavenko Terzic said onFebruary 12, as quoted by Russian media.

"We plan to increase exports of Serbian agricultural goods to Russia," Terzic said during a press conference in Moscow, TASS informs.

"We expect growth in investments in Serbia’s economy," the diplomat also said.

The EAEU is an economic bloc set up in January 2015 whose members - Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - enjoy free movement of goods, services, capital and labour.

Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic will visit Moscow on March 9, the diplomat also said. He is scheduled to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Russian patriarch Kirill.

Serbia's close relations with Russia have prompted European officials to stress that considering it is a candidate for EU membership and has opened the first accession talks chapters, the country should also support a common foreign policy.

Serbia opened the first two of the 35 chapters in its negotiations to join the EU in December.