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Serbia will do everything to attract Swedish investment
Belgrade,
22 February 2010
Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Bozidar Djelic said that Serbia will do everything to attract Swedish investment and that negotiations in bringing Swedish company Ikea to the Serbian market by 2011 are underway.
After meeting with Swedish Minister of Trade Ewa Bjorling, Djelic said that the land to be assigned to Swedish company Ikea currently belongs to the Institute for Animal Science and is located adjacent to Nikola Tesla airport.
He said that Sweden annually gives €11 million through donations to our country, and pointed out that trade between the two countries is still not at a desired level.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his gratitude for the decisions made during the Swedish EU presidency in the second half of last year that are important for Serbia, including the decision of the Council of EU Ministers to proceed with the implementation of the Interim Trade Agreement and the submission of Serbia's candidacy for membership in the EU.
Bjorling said that she talked with Djelic about Serbia’s further progress in the EU integration process and ways to strengthen economic cooperation between Serbia and Sweden.
She said that they also discussed the simplification of administrative procedures concerning investment in the Serbian economy, as well as corruption control.
Speaking about Serbia’s EU integration, Bjorling said that Sweden supports the EU enlargement process and Serbia’s accession to the EU.
Djelic and Bjorling met with representatives of Belgrade and Nis and talked about ways of resolving ecological problems in Serbia, chiefly problems caused by waste water. They also discussed problems in the energy sector.
He said that Sweden annually gives €11 million through donations to our country, and pointed out that trade between the two countries is still not at a desired level.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed his gratitude for the decisions made during the Swedish EU presidency in the second half of last year that are important for Serbia, including the decision of the Council of EU Ministers to proceed with the implementation of the Interim Trade Agreement and the submission of Serbia's candidacy for membership in the EU.
Bjorling said that she talked with Djelic about Serbia’s further progress in the EU integration process and ways to strengthen economic cooperation between Serbia and Sweden.
She said that they also discussed the simplification of administrative procedures concerning investment in the Serbian economy, as well as corruption control.
Speaking about Serbia’s EU integration, Bjorling said that Sweden supports the EU enlargement process and Serbia’s accession to the EU.
Djelic and Bjorling met with representatives of Belgrade and Nis and talked about ways of resolving ecological problems in Serbia, chiefly problems caused by waste water. They also discussed problems in the energy sector.
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