At the opening of the European Festival of Serbian Diaspora Folklore, the Minister of Culture in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Nikola Selaković, said that in the 21st century, our people both in the homeland and in the diaspora were making great efforts aimed at preserving Serbian identity and culture. On that occasion, Selaković noted that Serbs not living in their country, but outside their motherland were the most vulnerable in this fight for national identity. He wished the participants to organize every subsequent European Folklore Festival