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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Cooperation with China important for region’s dynamic development

Belgrade, 18 February 2022

Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Tomislav Momirovic said today that the future of Serbia and the region must be built on mutual cooperation and support and with the help of the world's largest economies, including China.

Momirovic said at the first Belgrade "Think-Tank" within the "Belt and Road" initiative, a one-day panel discussion entitled "Sustainability of a Common Future", that we should develop infrastructure, build roads and railways because they connect people and the economy.

He stated that approximately 1,200 km of highways and expressways are currently being designed and built, and that Serbia is the largest construction site in this part of Europe.

The Serbian government is implementing numerous infrastructure projects with China, which are an important precondition for the dynamic development of our country, he reminded, noting that the section of the Milos the Great highway was recently completed, while a 11 km section was built in cooperation with the Chinese company CRBC.

The Minister announced that the Belgrade-Novi Sad high-speed railway, which is the most important railway project in the last 50 years, will be put into operation soon, and that citizens will have the most modern railway infrastructure and the fastest railway in Southeast Europe at their disposal from March.

He emphasised that a sustainable future is inseparable from environmental projects and the construction of communal infrastructure, pointing out that approximately 50 percent of the population is not connected to sewage systems, while less than 10 percent of the population is covered by some degree of wastewater treatment.

In accordance with that, the Minister stated that the ecological project "Clean Serbia" means that 7,000 km of sewerage network and more than 250 wastewater treatment plants will be built in Serbia in the next five years.

Advisor at the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade Tian Yishu expressed his gratitude to the government of Serbia for its active action within the Belt and Road Initiative and its support for the establishment of the institute of the same name.

He emphasised that the Initiative provides a valuable platform for international cooperation, stating that in 2021, seven more countries have joined the initiative, which now has 145 members, as well as cooperating with 32 international organisations.

Executive Vice President of Fujian Provincial People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries Luo Guansheng addressed the conference via video link, stating that the two countries have a high level of mutual trust.