3rd Italy-Serbia summit takes place in Ancona

ANCONA The third Italy-Serbia summit started in Ancona on Tuesday with a joint meeting between Serbian PM Ivica Dacic and his Italian counterpart Enrico Letta. Dacic's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Italian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Angelino Alfano also took part in the meeting. 3rd Italy-Serbia summit takes place in Ancona The summit continued with a joint meeting of the two governments, presided over by prime ministers Dacic and Letta, which is discussing results achieved so far and future actions to promote bilateral cooperation as envisaged by a November 2009 strategic agreement. An agreement on cross-border passenger and freight transportation by road and an operational protocol on exchange of information about trade in narcotics was signed after the session. The foreign ministers of the two countries signed a declaration on cooperation in the field of European integration, and the justice ministers signed a memorandum of understanding. Before the summit, the Serbian delegation was welcomed in front of the Leopardi Palace with full state and military honors. The Serbian delegation also comprises Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlovic, Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic, Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic, Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodic and Education Minister Tomislav Jovanovic. The importance Italy attaches to the summit with Serbia "can be seen from the fact that and the meeting is taking place despite the very busy schedule of Prime Minister Letta, who is going to Rome for a vote on the budget in the afternoon and then travels to Washington," Tanjug said. Strong security measures have been put in place for the Italy-Serbia summit, the streets leading to the venues of the event are closed to traffic, and a number of accredited television and news agency teams are reporting from the summit. Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manco has told Tanjug that the Ancona summit will discuss expert assistance that Italy can offer Serbia in the country’s accession negotiations with the European Union. Manco said that the senior officials of the two countries will also discuss opportunities to improve economic cooperation in various fields, such as automotive industry, banking, insurance, energy, transportation, and future investments. Cooperation in the fields of agriculture, internal affairs, justice, culture, education and scientific research will also be on the agenda, Manco said. According to the Serbian government, in the first seven months of this year, trade between Serbia and Italy was over EUR 2 billion, and Serbia doubled its exports against last year, making Italy the country’s biggest economic partner. More than 500 Italian companies are operating in Serbia, employing around 22,000 workers and having an annual turnover of EUR 2.5 billion. (Tanjug) Tanjug

3rd Italy-Serbia summit takes place in Ancona

The summit continued with a joint meeting of the two governments, presided over by prime ministers Dačić and Letta, which is discussing results achieved so far and future actions to promote bilateral cooperation as envisaged by a November 2009 strategic agreement.

An agreement on cross-border passenger and freight transportation by road and an operational protocol on exchange of information about trade in narcotics was signed after the session.

The foreign ministers of the two countries signed a declaration on cooperation in the field of European integration, and the justice ministers signed a memorandum of understanding.

Before the summit, the Serbian delegation was welcomed in front of the Leopardi Palace with full state and military honors.

The Serbian delegation also comprises Energy Minister Zorana Mihajlović, Justice Minister Nikola Selaković, Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić, Defense Minister Nebojša Rodić and Education Minister Tomislav Jovanović.

The importance Italy attaches to the summit with Serbia "can be seen from the fact that and the meeting is taking place despite the very busy schedule of Prime Minister Letta, who is going to Rome for a vote on the budget in the afternoon and then travels to Washington," Tanjug said.

Strong security measures have been put in place for the Italy-Serbia summit, the streets leading to the venues of the event are closed to traffic, and a number of accredited television and news agency teams are reporting from the summit.

Italian Ambassador to Serbia Giuseppe Manco has told Tanjug that the Ancona summit will discuss expert assistance that Italy can offer Serbia in the country’s accession negotiations with the European Union.

Manco said that the senior officials of the two countries will also discuss opportunities to improve economic cooperation in various fields, such as automotive industry, banking, insurance, energy, transportation, and future investments.

Cooperation in the fields of agriculture, internal affairs, justice, culture, education and scientific research will also be on the agenda, Manco said.

According to the Serbian government, in the first seven months of this year, trade between Serbia and Italy was over EUR 2 billion, and Serbia doubled its exports against last year, making Italy the country’s biggest economic partner.

More than 500 Italian companies are operating in Serbia, employing around 22,000 workers and having an annual turnover of EUR 2.5 billion.