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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Gratitude to Germany for its support in implementation of reforms

Belgrade, 28 May 2015

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said today that the visit by Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany Gerd Muller comes before the visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel, and stressed that without the support and help of Germany Serbia would not have succeeded in implementing the reforms.

Gratitude to Germany for its support in implementation of reforms

Vucic said at a joint press conference with Muller that frequent visits of German officials to Serbia show how much they care about our country and the countries of the Western Balkans, as well as how our region is respected.

He recalled that the trade exchange between Serbia and Germany amounted to more than €3 billion, and expressed the hope that a difference of 71% in import-export should be reduced arrival of a greater number of investors.

The Prime Minister said that he informed Muller that Serbia's deficit in May was planned to stand at RSD 19 billion, but that it will not exceed RSD 8 billion, and expressed the expectation that it will not exceed RSD 7 billion.

The trend from the first quarter of this year continues, which shows that the hard work and patience of the citizens of Serbia paid out, he said.

Serbia can expect by the end of the year to have a deficit of no more than 3.2%, which would be at the level of the top ten countries in Europe, said Vucic.

He congratulated the citizens of Serbia on this, as they will feel the financial prosperity before the end of the year, and once again expressed his gratitude to the government of Germany for the assistance.

We have shown that in our reform measures we support what Germany has done, we made difficult decisions so that once we enter the EU we will certainly not be the poorest member state, said the Prime Minister.

At the same time, he reiterated that the main strategic goal of Serbia at this moment is the opening of chapters in the negotiations with the EU and finally the membership in the EU, he said noting that our country has good cooperation with Russia just as with Germany.

Serbia meets all your requirements and accordingly it improves and modernises its economy and implements reforms, said Vucic.

According to Vucic, the Serbian economy has recovered and Serbia no longer needs loans.

Loans will be taken only for large projects, he stressed, and noted that Serbia will for the first time in the history of budget funds will pay for construction of a 10 km motorway section from Levosoje to the "Serbian house".

The meeting with Muller touched on problems of migration and the situation of Roma in Serbia, he said and stressed that Serbia is ready to improve the situation of the Roma community, and asked for the help of Germany in that.

According to Vucic, our country faces major problems in this area and would accept any kind of recommendations on this issue.

Vucic said that he does not want Germany to face the problems of false asylum seekers, but that her does not want an image of Serbia where thousands of people, mostly Roma, seek asylum in some of the most developed countries of Europe, primarily Germany.