Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic talked yesterday with Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Amado about Serbia’s EU integration process, plans for future steps and bilateral cooperation between the two countries.
Djelic presented two ideas for improving financial relations between the EU and the Western Balkan countries to Amado, the first being related to an increase in pre-accession financial support, and the second refers to securing guarantees for accessing the EU capital market.
Amado stressed that Portugal fully endorses Serbia’s EU integration process, underlining that it will back the decision on the status and the date for the beginning of talks on EU membership.
Portuguese Park Expo, together with the Austrian Development Agency, will commence the implementation of the Danube Development Project, worth €18.5 million, around the middle of the year, financed from IPA 2011 funds.
The meeting ascertained that bilateral relations are good and that economic cooperation can be further improved, as there is interest of Portuguese companies in investing in Serbia.
Source Serbian Government.
