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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Potential for strengthening partnership with UK in energy, innovation, infrastructure

Belgrade, 1 August 2023

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic spoke today with the newly appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Serbia, Edward Ferguson.

Brnabic welcomed the ambassador and expressed her hope that during his mandate there will be a strengthening of comprehensive cooperation between Belgrade and London, as well as further intensification of the dialogue between the two sides.

The officials assessed that the economic cooperation between the two countries has developed dynamically in the past few years.

The Prime Minister emphasised that there is potential for strengthening the partnership in numerous areas, especially in energy, innovation and infrastructure.

The Prime Minister pointed out that Serbia has made a significant step forward in the development of biotechnology and digitalisation, while the IT sector is the driver of economic growth, pointing out that she sees opportunities for future cooperation in these activities.

Ferguson said that the UK is particularly interested in cooperation in the areas of digitization and high technologies, assessing that Serbia has excellent projects on which the two countries can cooperate in the future.

He highlighted the potential for the United Kingdom to support infrastructure projects through the UKEF (UK Export Finance) credit mechanism.

From this mechanism, as he stated, £470 million have already been used to support the implementation of the Morava Corridor.

Ferguson congratulated Serbia on receiving the organisation of the International World Exhibition EXPO 2027 in Belgrade.