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Necessary to protect economic interests of Serbia in Kosovo-Metohija

Belgrade, 25 January 2006

Head of the economic team for Kosovo-Metohija and southern Serbia Nenad Popovic said that the team's mission is to secure international legal protection of the economic interests of Serbia and lay the foundations for long-term economic development of the Serbian entities in Kosovo-Metohija.

Nenad Popovic

Author: Tanjug

In a statement to the Tanjug news agency, Popovic pointed out that the aim of the team is to lay the foundations for rapid economic growth in southern Serbia, which in the long run should help to eliminate economic underdevelopment as one of the basic factors for ethnic conflicts, as well as to aid general development of the Serbian economy.

According to Popovic, another task is to provide guidelines for sustainable development of the Serbian entities in Kosovo-Metohija and southern Serbia in line with the EU regulations and standards. The team will start practical activities in February.

He said that the concrete tasks are the creation of a long-term strategy of economic development in the Serbian entities of Kosovo-Metohija and southern Serbia, participation in economic part of the talks on the future status of Kosovo-Metohija, attracting foreign investors and lobbying in international financial institutions and development organisations.

Popovic said that the team he is leading consists of nine experts in the fields of economy and privatisation, international economic cooperation, finance and banking, energy and mining, transport, trade, agriculture, hunting and fishing, science and technology and employment, and added that the team will also have various advisors who are experts in relevant fields.

A decision on forming an economic team for Kosovo-Metohija and southern Serbia and appointing Nenad Popovic the head of the team, was made yesterday by Head of the Coordinating Body for southern Serbia Rasim Ljajic and head of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Sanda Raskovic-Ivic.

Nenad Popovic is the president of the international company ABS Holding and president of the East European Centre for Strategic Development. He was born in 1966 in Tuzla and holds a PhD in economics.