Tadić on economic recovery, Kosovo talks

President Boris Tadic said in Kragujevac 28 that he was cautious in assessing whether Serbia was out of the crisis. Beta news agency reports that he added that he expected 2011 and primarily 2012 to be the years in which the country would recover. Tadic on economic recovery, Kosovo talks Visiting the Fiat Automobiles Serbia factory in Kragujevac, where he also talked with the workers, Tadic said that the unfreezing of Serbia in the process of European integration "ups the rating and credibility of our country and increases the chance of investment." He went on to say that Serbia will do everything to attract foreign investors, because without investors production in Serbia cannot be revived, the GDP cannot increase and the citizens' standard of living cannot improve. The president said that the subsidies provided by the state are attractive and that the Serbian tax policy today is "one of the better ones for investors in Europe." According to him, Serbia also needs to be a monopoly-free country, whose market is ruled by competition, and the economy must be freed from as many strains as possible so as to increase production. While in Kragujevac on Thursday, he also addressed the issue of Kosovo, and said that Serbia is ready for dialogue with Pristina and that the talks should start as soon as possible. Serbia is open to dialogue and waits for Kosovo Albanians to show readiness too, as dialogue requires two parties, Tadic said. The dialogue should start as soon as possible, he told the press. Tadic in Fiat on Thurdsay (Beta)

Tadić on economic recovery, Kosovo talks

Visiting the Fiat Automobiles Serbia factory in Kragujevac, where he also talked with the workers, Tadić said that the unfreezing of Serbia in the process of European integration "ups the rating and credibility of our country and increases the chance of investment."

He went on to say that Serbia will do everything to attract foreign investors, because without investors production in Serbia cannot be revived, the GDP cannot increase and the citizens' standard of living cannot improve.

The president said that the subsidies provided by the state are attractive and that the Serbian tax policy today is "one of the better ones for investors in Europe."

According to him, Serbia also needs to be a monopoly-free country, whose market is ruled by competition, and the economy must be freed from as many strains as possible so as to increase production.

While in Kragujevac on Thursday, he also addressed the issue of Kosovo, and said that Serbia is ready for dialogue with Priština and that the talks should start as soon as possible.

Serbia is open to dialogue and waits for Kosovo Albanians to show readiness too, as dialogue requires two parties, Tadić said.

The dialogue should start as soon as possible, he told the press.