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Serbia-Montenegro tops Slovakia's foreign policy priority list

Belgrade/Bratislava, 8 April 2005

Serbian Minister of International Economic Relations Milan Parivodic said today that during a two-day visit to Slovakia, the Ministry's delegation established direct contacts with the Slovakian government and gathered information on the issues that are important for reforms in Serbia.

Milan Parivodic

Parivodic told the official website of the Serbian government that the experiences of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary in the process of reforms are very similar to Serbia's and therefore the solutions they chose could be applied in Serbia as well.

He said that the only particularity of Serbia's system is the socially-owned property introduced in 1951, which has additionally complicated Serbia's transition process in relation to other countries.

Parivodic said that the Ministry's delegation showed great interest in Slovakia's reforms, its economy and issues related to foreign investment. He said that all Slovakian officials showed great understanding for the situation in Serbia, especially because Slovakia also underwent a very difficult period under the regime of Vladimir Meciar.

The Minister said that Slovakia sees Serbia-Montenegro among the priorities of its foreign policy, and added that a special fund for assisting Serbia-Montenegro has been set up.

Members of the International Economic Relations Ministry’s delegation met today with state secretary of the Slovak Ministry of Justice and representatives of the Investment Promotion Agency. They also visited a science park in Slovakia, which needs to be promoted in Serbia too, Parivodic said.

Parivodic pointed out that all meetings have shown that Slovakia achieved its success on time by having a well-coordinated government that was engaged in changing the country with a great will for efficient and speedy reforms.

Parivodic recalled that Slovakia privatised its pension and health care system as well as public companies and land. He added that Slovakia has a GDP twice that of Serbia’s and noted that science parks have shown excellent results for them.