Vucic tours Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Vucic tours Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Vucic and the Serbian delegation were welcomed by Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Matthias Muller, who, along with the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Director Frank Klaas, said it was "a great honor that the Serbian prime minister had arrived in Frankfurt."

He stressed this was "a good opportunity to exchange experiences related to the economy and business" and that the visit was also "of great political importance, bearing in mind the tremendous support that German businesspeople are giving to Serbia in the European integration process."

"It is a great honor for the German economy to support Serbia on its European path," said Muller.

During the tour, Vucic also spoke with CEO at Association Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics Christoph Feldmann.

"Loyal partner and friend"

Earlier on Wednesday, Vucic, who is visiting Germany's federal state of Hesse, Said Serbia is "a loyal partner to Germany."

He made the comment after his meeting with Hesse's Minister-President Volker Bouffier.

The fact that Bouffier has family ties with Serbia is a good foundation for even better relations between Serbia and Hesse and Serbia and Germany, Vucic told reporters.

Vucic said that he discussed many topics with Bouffier and expressed satisfaction with the fact that Hesse and Germany have backed Serbia on its EU path.

There are 370 German companies operating in Serbia, and trade with Hesse alone totaled over EUR 300 million last year, Vucic said.

That is significant for us, I hope to see an improvement in economic cooperation and we will do everything to get even more investors from Hesse to come to Serbia, he announced.

He invited Bouffier, who is also the vice president of Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union, to visit Serbia.

"We will always be loyal friends to you, the Chancellor (Angela Merkel) and Germany," Vucic said, adding that Serbia will work on preserving regional peace and stability.

Bouffier said that he had an open and friendly conversation with Vucic and that he is satisfied with their discussion on all current topics, in particular on Tuesday's terror attack in Brussels.

"Serbia is a good investment destination, and this should be capitalized on so that young people would have bright prospects," he said earlier, during his meeting with Vucic in Wiesbaden.

The stable political situation is a prerequisite for advancement of any state as no one would invest in the country in which there is no stability, Bouffier said, accepting Vucic's invitation to visit Serbia.

The prime minister, who is on a one-day visit to Germany, and the minister-president of the state of Hesse discussed the bilateral relations between Serbia and Germany, economic cooperation and German investments in Serbia.

“We hope to welcome more investors from your country, as we are doing everything to improve the business climate in Serbia,” the government's press office quoted Vucic as saying.