Serbian PM to ends official visit to Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, VELENJE Serbian PM Ivica Dacic qualified his two-day working visit to Slovenia as very successful, stressing that Serbia and Slovenia have very good relations. According to him, "there are no open political issues" between the two former Yugoslav republics. Serbian PM to ends official visit to Slovenia Dacic agreed with the hosts that the economic cooperation between Serbia and Slovenia is very successful, and that it should be enlarged. He qualified as successful the political talks with the Slovenian prime minister, the president, and the parliament speaker, and also with representatives of companies and associations of managers. We expect Slovenia's further support on the EU pathway and the support by the two governments to companies' joint appearance on third markets, he underlined. The Serbian prime minister said that businessmen from both countries found interest in investing in Slovenia and Serbia, which was discussed with the Association of Managers on Thursday morning. The meeting with managers touched on the consortium for construction businesses, which at the moment gather a total of 41 companies from all former Yugoslav republics with the aim of joint appearance at certain traditional markets where we used to be present, he said. “Therefore, I support the action to organize a meeting of 100 greatest businessmen of the region,” Dacic said, adding that Serbia will give a maximum contribution to the organization of a summit of the kind. The prime minister also reiterated that the meetings of the two governments will in future be regularly held once a year, and the first such summit is planned for spring 2013. Dacic was in Velenje on Thursday, where he toured the Gorenje company, and said that Serbia will ensure stable business conditions through economic subsidies and economic policy. He voiced expectation that Gorenje, which has three factories in Serbia, will be granted the status of a domestic company, which would mean that the company would be exempted from paying customs duties, Slovenian news agency STA reported. According to the agency's data, Gorenje currently hires around 1,300 workers in Serbia, and is the largest Slovenian investment in Serbia, and plans to employ another 500 people in the next year. CEO of the Slovenian company Franjo Bobinac announced that the company in Serbia would also strengthen its research and development sectors. He added that Serbia encourages entrepreneurs to hire new staff, with around EUR 10,000 per worker. On Thursday, Dacic also met with potential investors in Serbia, and representatives of the Slovenian Association of Managers, the STA reported. Ivica Dacic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Serbian PM to ends official visit to Slovenia

Dačić agreed with the hosts that the economic cooperation between Serbia and Slovenia is very successful, and that it should be enlarged.

He qualified as successful the political talks with the Slovenian prime minister, the president, and the parliament speaker, and also with representatives of companies and associations of managers.

We expect Slovenia's further support on the EU pathway and the support by the two governments to companies' joint appearance on third markets, he underlined.

The Serbian prime minister said that businessmen from both countries found interest in investing in Slovenia and Serbia, which was discussed with the Association of Managers on Thursday morning.

The meeting with managers touched on the consortium for construction businesses, which at the moment gather a total of 41 companies from all former Yugoslav republics with the aim of joint appearance at certain traditional markets where we used to be present, he said.

“Therefore, I support the action to organize a meeting of 100 greatest businessmen of the region,” Dačić said, adding that Serbia will give a maximum contribution to the organization of a summit of the kind.

The prime minister also reiterated that the meetings of the two governments will in future be regularly held once a year, and the first such summit is planned for spring 2013.

Dačić was in Velenje on Thursday, where he toured the Gorenje company, and said that Serbia will ensure stable business conditions through economic subsidies and economic policy.

He voiced expectation that Gorenje, which has three factories in Serbia, will be granted the status of a domestic company, which would mean that the company would be exempted from paying customs duties, Slovenian news agency STA reported.

According to the agency's data, Gorenje currently hires around 1,300 workers in Serbia, and is the largest Slovenian investment in Serbia, and plans to employ another 500 people in the next year.

CEO of the Slovenian company Franjo Bobinac announced that the company in Serbia would also strengthen its research and development sectors.

He added that Serbia encourages entrepreneurs to hire new staff, with around EUR 10,000 per worker.

On Thursday, Dačić also met with potential investors in Serbia, and representatives of the Slovenian Association of Managers, the STA reported.