The Serbia-Italy Economic and Scientific Forum finished yesterday in Belgrade. Apart from the top Serbian and Italian officials like the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić and Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, a total of 246 Serbian and 149 Italian companies took part in the forum, with around 400 bilateral meetings taking place.
Speaking at the Forum, Tajani and Vučić underlined the importance of relations between the two friendly countries, especially in supporting the further development of economic relations. Marko Čadež, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Ambassador Lorenzo Angeloni, Matteo Zoppas, president of the Italian Trade Agency and many other distinguished guests also spoke at the forum.
After the welcoming remarks, three round tables on the topics of infrastructure, agriculture and energy took place. Several hundred bilateral meetings were held in the afternoon between Italian and Serbian companies.
The Forum also created an opportunity to establish new contacts and create business connections between Italian and Serbian companies, as well as to exchange know-how and experiences between representatives of the government, the academic community and the business sector.
Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesić, said that the Forum showed that Serbia was a strategically important partner for Italy in the Western Balkans, and added that the forum was an opportunity for companies to conclude agreements about joint performance in Serbian and Italian, but also in some other markets.
During his guest appearance on Pink TV, he also said that, in the next period, we would see the results of the Forum and added the new Italian government chose the Western Balkans as one of its priorities and Serbia as one of the strategic countries.
The Forum was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia with the support of the Italian Embassy in Belgrade and the Italian Trade Agency (ICE).
(Pink TV, ccis.rs, 23.03.2023)
https://pink.rs/politika/488942/vesic-forum-pokazao-da-je-srbija-za-italiju-strateski-vazan-partner
https://www.ccis.rs/sr/uspesno-je-odrzan-business-sience-forum-italija-srbija-u-beogradu
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