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Memorandum on Norway's assistance worth €11.3 million signed
Belgrade,
24 January 2006
Serbian Minister of International Economic Relations Milan Parivodic and Norwegian Ambassador to Serbia-Montenegro Haakon Blankenborg signed today a Memorandum of Understanding for the application of the Annual assistance programme of the Norwegian government to Serbia for 2005, worth €11.3 million.
Author:
Tanjug
The Republic of Serbia and the Kingdom of Norway established this form of cooperation in 2000 and according to the amount of grants given by Norway to Serbia, Norway is one of the Serbia's largest bilateral donors.
Following the signing of the Memorandum, Parivodic explained that the assistance is realized through projects proposed by each ministry of the Serbian government, after which they were submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval.
According to Parivodic, the funds will be used for the development of the energy sector, agriculture, state administration, private sector, transport, and other parts of the social sector - health care, environment and education.
Parivodic recalled that in the past five years, Norway approved €100 million in non-repayable aid to Serbia, i.e. €20 million each year, with €10 million sent through international organizations every time, and the balance directly.
The Minister said that cooperation between Serbia and Norway has also developed through projects of control of cattle feed, development of cooperatives, scientific cooperation - genetic improvement of the fish carp, hydrology and other programmes.
Parivodic added that last year Serbia received a total of €800 million in foreign aid, and that the same amount is expected this year.
Blakenborg said that Serbia-Montenegro has a special place in Norway's European policy and that its aim is to help the state union integrate into the EU as soon as possible by reaching the necessary standards, and added that for that reason, this programme is called "Integration into Europe."
Europe is a community of values and standards and if they are established in a country, then it is only a question of formality whether that country will become an EU member, the Norwegian Ambassador said.
Following the signing of the Memorandum, Parivodic explained that the assistance is realized through projects proposed by each ministry of the Serbian government, after which they were submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for approval.
According to Parivodic, the funds will be used for the development of the energy sector, agriculture, state administration, private sector, transport, and other parts of the social sector - health care, environment and education.
Parivodic recalled that in the past five years, Norway approved €100 million in non-repayable aid to Serbia, i.e. €20 million each year, with €10 million sent through international organizations every time, and the balance directly.
The Minister said that cooperation between Serbia and Norway has also developed through projects of control of cattle feed, development of cooperatives, scientific cooperation - genetic improvement of the fish carp, hydrology and other programmes.
Parivodic added that last year Serbia received a total of €800 million in foreign aid, and that the same amount is expected this year.
Blakenborg said that Serbia-Montenegro has a special place in Norway's European policy and that its aim is to help the state union integrate into the EU as soon as possible by reaching the necessary standards, and added that for that reason, this programme is called "Integration into Europe."
Europe is a community of values and standards and if they are established in a country, then it is only a question of formality whether that country will become an EU member, the Norwegian Ambassador said.
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