Serbian officials receive crown prince of Abu Dhabi

Serbian officials receive crown prince of Abu Dhabi

It will constitute a great success if the upcoming business results of Air Serbia show profit, Vučić stated.

He pointed out he had discussed other things with the sheikh as well, like other joint investments and joint projects, including the Belgrade Waterfront, which he described as very important to Belgrade, especially in terms of tourism.

The sheikh promised he would do everything for the project to succeed, Vučić said.

The Serbian government will persevere when it comes to this project and get results, like in the case of Air Serbia, "which we will present proudly to the Serbian people by the end of the year," the prime minister remarked.

He said the meeting covered other important infrastructure projects and cooperation in agriculture, particularly in the cattle industry.

There was also mention of the need for medical professionals in the UAE, he added.

"They nee nurses and other medical professionals. We shall see where we can make an international agreement," Vučić said, adding that the talks on the subject would continue into Friday.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić stated on Thursday that Serbia will invest maximum efforts in attracting investments from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan promised that his country would continue investing in Serbia.

In the talks, Nikolić expressed gratitude to UAE crown prince Sheikh bin Zayed on the investments his country realized in Serbia so far, and underscored the importance of further strengthening of bilateral relations, especially in economy, the president's press service released.

Serbia is ready to attract UAE investments with a number of projects and invest maximum efforts in launching its economy in cooperation with investors from the Emirates, Nikolić said and added that the traditional friendship between the two nations was forged at a time when Serbia's economic position was much better than it is now. By helping Serbia, its UAE friends are showing their gratitude through the investments, he noted.

Sheikh bin Zayed Al Nahyan underscored that he has a personal friendship with Nikolić and noted that a lot has been done in the restoration of the two nations' cooperation over a rather short period of time.

He said that he feels at home during his visits to Serbia, and added that UAE will continue investing in Serbia. UAE expects Serbia to prepare projects in various areas, such as agriculture, IT, pharmaceutical industry and similar, he said.

Sheikh bin Zayed Al Nahyan invited Nikolić to pay an official visit to UAE in November.