Europe cannot be considered united until the Western Balkans have completed their membership: integration is fundamental to guaranteeing security and economic growth. The Prime Minister said it Giorgia Meloniin Belgrade, during joint statements with the Serbian president Alexandre Vucic. “Italy is one of the main supporters of the reunification of Europe,” Meloni added.
Italy and Serbia, especially recently, have increased bilateral initiatives: we are ready to resume intergovernmental dialogue. This first visit as Prime Minister can help strengthen bilateral relations. This was a visit planned for some time and I thank President Vucic for the extraordinary welcome,” added Meloni.
The value “of our exchanges can grow: there is already a lot of Italy in Serbia” – underlined the Prime Minister – Belgrade it is the first city in the world where Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Simest and Sace have opened offices: this shows the attention of the Italian business world to invest in this country”, added Meloni, according to whom the numerous challenges dictated by The current crisis crises also offer great opportunities for the development of investments.
“The fight against irregular immigration, with regard to the Balkan route, is an objective shared by Rome and Belgrade – underlined Meloni – I want to thank Serbia for the efforts it is demonstrating in this direction. We are convinced that our energies must be turned towards the external dimension, which is for us a central element in the fight against illegal immigration,” added Meloni.
Serbia is grateful to Italy for the substantial support shown in the European path undertaken by Belgrade. The Serbian president said it Alexandre Vucic. We discussed Serbia’s European path” and “I am grateful to the Prime Minister for Italy’s substantial support,” Vucic said. The head of state expressed his special gratitude to Meloni, “who always wanted to know our opinion, what Serbia had to say.” Prime Minister Meloni, in fact, “represents a leader not only at the European level but, I would say, at the global level and he demonstrates this with his openness and his enormous talent.”
“Serbia and Italy are two friendly countries with excellent political and economic relations. We discussed almost all important topics for our countries,” Vucic said. Concerning economic and trade relations, the Serbian president stressed that trade reached 4.6 billion euros and hoped that “in the future they could reach a higher level.”
The Serbian president hoped that Italy would once again become his country’s first economic and commercial partner in the future, linking Italy’s return to first place to the moment when “Stellantis will start producing the electric Panda in Kragujevac.” “Serbia has excellent relations with various Italian regions and this is very important for us, also for collaboration in business and innovation,” Vucic said, recalling the recent visit of the president of the Serbian region. Veneto, Luca Zaia, and mentioning a future visit by him. from the Lombardy Region, Attilio Fontana.
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