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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Continuation of Austria’s support to European integration of Serbia

Belgrade, 13 June 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke today with Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg about bilateral and economic relations, cooperation in the region and European integration of Serbia.

The meeting with Austrian minister was also attended by Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic.

The Prime Minister expressed gratitude to Austria on its continued support to the European path of the Western Balkans, pointing out that Serbia is firmly committed to the continuation of reform process and a stronger cooperation within the region at the same time.

According to her, cooperation in the region represents one of the key priorities of this government and Serbia invests great efforts in regional connecting, in order to enable greater competitiveness of our economy and greater attractiveness of the region for foreign investments, which will result in a higher standard of living of citizens.

She underlined that Austria is also a very important economic and trade partner and one of the largest foreign investors in Serbia.

Brnabic noted that the reforms that are being implemented by Serbia represent a kind of investment in the intensification of economic cooperation with our partners and the arrival of new Austrian companies on the Serbian market.

Commending the economic growth of Serbia in the previous period, Schallenberg said that there is interest for the intensification of economic cooperation and cooperation in the field of energy, especially in the field of renewable energy sources.

Brnabic noted that the issue of energy will be one of the key issues for the future Serbian government and one of the greatest challenges for the European community, and in that light she underlined the importance of cooperation with our partners, among whom Austria occupies a very important place.

Minister Schallenberg underlined that Serbia belongs to the European family and that Austria will continue to support the European integration of our country.