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€1.7 billion invested in Serbia by Slovenian companies
Belgrade/Ljubljana,
17 June 2009
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional Development Mladjan Dinkic and Slovenian Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik said today in Ljubljana that Slovenian firms have invested €1.7 billion in Serbia up until now and are interested in making new investments.
Mladjan Dinkic and Matej Lahovnik
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Tanjug
Dinkic, who is on a visit to Slovenia, said after talks with Lahovnik that the Slovenian market is now more open to Serbian investments than it was before. He mentioned the software company Hermes Lab, which was taken over by ComTrade from Belgrade.
Speaking about ways to solve the issue of Slovenian property in Serbia, Dinkic said that the first case was resolved recently where a Slovenian company, Kompas, signed an agreement with a successor company in Serbia. He said that a further 12 Slovenian companies have prepared similar agreements.
He said that Slovenians are also willing to resolve the issue of Serbian property in Slovenia in a similar manner, adding that Slovenia is the first of the former Yugoslav republics that has decided to resolve this issue.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister said that 500 Slovenian companies are doing business in Serbia. He stressed that up until now they have not had any problems.
Dinkic stressed that Serbia and Slovenia have satisfactory cooperation in the car industry, specifying that during the meeting in Ljubljana representatives of several Slovenian companies voiced their interest in expanding into Serbia to start investing there.
Thanks to trade agreements which Serbia closed, Slovenian companies operating here will be able to export their products under favourable terms to Russia, Belarus, Turkey and CEFTA countries, the Minister stressed.
Lahovnik emphasised that Serbia is the country with the most Slovenian direct foreign investments since 2000, adding that it is in the interest of Slovenia’s economy to further strengthen cooperation.
Recession will be felt the most in trade, but we agreed it can also make us increase economic cooperation and improve our contacts in all sectors, Lahovnik noted.
As an illustration of this, he said there are now more Serbian tourists going to Slovenia and vice versa.
Speaking about ways to solve the issue of Slovenian property in Serbia, Dinkic said that the first case was resolved recently where a Slovenian company, Kompas, signed an agreement with a successor company in Serbia. He said that a further 12 Slovenian companies have prepared similar agreements.
He said that Slovenians are also willing to resolve the issue of Serbian property in Slovenia in a similar manner, adding that Slovenia is the first of the former Yugoslav republics that has decided to resolve this issue.
The Serbian Deputy Prime Minister said that 500 Slovenian companies are doing business in Serbia. He stressed that up until now they have not had any problems.
Dinkic stressed that Serbia and Slovenia have satisfactory cooperation in the car industry, specifying that during the meeting in Ljubljana representatives of several Slovenian companies voiced their interest in expanding into Serbia to start investing there.
Thanks to trade agreements which Serbia closed, Slovenian companies operating here will be able to export their products under favourable terms to Russia, Belarus, Turkey and CEFTA countries, the Minister stressed.
Lahovnik emphasised that Serbia is the country with the most Slovenian direct foreign investments since 2000, adding that it is in the interest of Slovenia’s economy to further strengthen cooperation.
Recession will be felt the most in trade, but we agreed it can also make us increase economic cooperation and improve our contacts in all sectors, Lahovnik noted.
As an illustration of this, he said there are now more Serbian tourists going to Slovenia and vice versa.
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