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Sweden supports Serbia’s EU integration
Belgrade,
21 October 2009
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Bozidar Djelic talked today with Swedish officials about the possibility of putting the transitional trade agreement on the agenda of one of the upcoming EU summits.
Djelic, who is on a visit to Sweden, said after a meeting with Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Gunilla Carlsson that Sweden supports Serbia’s EU integration and will continue to contribute to the country’s economic and democratic development.
In a statement to FoNet news agency, Djelic said that Sweden is presiding over the EU until the end of this year and that Sweden is also one of the top donors to Serbia. He said that Sweden sets aside €10 million annually in non-repayable assistance for Serbia to support the development of local infrastructure, to help refugees and to fund several social projects.
Despite the global economic crisis and the fact that last year Sweden reduced the number of countries it assists, it decided to continue to help Serbia, said Djelic.
He said that it was agreed that Serbia should prepare initiatives and projects, particularly in the area of infrastructure, knowledge economy and innovation that the EU would support, by December 9 when the EU’s West Balkans summit will be held.
Carlsson said that she talked with Djelic about economic recovery and ways to help those who are jobless.
She said that Serbia and Sweden have excellent long term cooperation in many areas, adding that there is a large Serb community in Sweden.
Today, on behalf of the Serbian government, Djelic laid a wreath on the grave of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was killed in 1986.
He said that Palme was a great man and a good friend of Serbia. He also remembered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who was visiting Belgrade on March 12, 2003, the day when Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic was assassinated.
Today we honour the memory of two great progressive Swedes who helped the dispossessed and were also great friends of Serbia and the Serbian people, said Djelic.
The wreath laid by Djelic at Palme’s grave carries a note which says in Serbian and Swedish, “With respect, from the Serbian people”.
During his visit to Sweden Djelic will meet also with Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz and Minister for Foreign Trade Ewa Bjroling.
He will attend the conference “European Days of Development”, where he will represent Serbia.
At the end of his visit, together with Swedish Minister for Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and Serbian Ambassador to Sweden Ninoslav Stojadinovic, Djelic will open an exhibition of photographs of Belgrade and Stockholm called “Applied Nostalgia”.
In a statement to FoNet news agency, Djelic said that Sweden is presiding over the EU until the end of this year and that Sweden is also one of the top donors to Serbia. He said that Sweden sets aside €10 million annually in non-repayable assistance for Serbia to support the development of local infrastructure, to help refugees and to fund several social projects.
Despite the global economic crisis and the fact that last year Sweden reduced the number of countries it assists, it decided to continue to help Serbia, said Djelic.
He said that it was agreed that Serbia should prepare initiatives and projects, particularly in the area of infrastructure, knowledge economy and innovation that the EU would support, by December 9 when the EU’s West Balkans summit will be held.
Carlsson said that she talked with Djelic about economic recovery and ways to help those who are jobless.
She said that Serbia and Sweden have excellent long term cooperation in many areas, adding that there is a large Serb community in Sweden.
Today, on behalf of the Serbian government, Djelic laid a wreath on the grave of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was killed in 1986.
He said that Palme was a great man and a good friend of Serbia. He also remembered Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who was visiting Belgrade on March 12, 2003, the day when Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic was assassinated.
Today we honour the memory of two great progressive Swedes who helped the dispossessed and were also great friends of Serbia and the Serbian people, said Djelic.
The wreath laid by Djelic at Palme’s grave carries a note which says in Serbian and Swedish, “With respect, from the Serbian people”.
During his visit to Sweden Djelic will meet also with Minister for Enterprise and Energy Maud Olofsson, Minister for Higher Education and Research Tobias Krantz and Minister for Foreign Trade Ewa Bjroling.
He will attend the conference “European Days of Development”, where he will represent Serbia.
At the end of his visit, together with Swedish Minister for Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth and Serbian Ambassador to Sweden Ninoslav Stojadinovic, Djelic will open an exhibition of photographs of Belgrade and Stockholm called “Applied Nostalgia”.
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