(ANSA) - BELGRADE, MAR 21 - "Italy wants to be more present
in the Balkans. It is a political choice: to return to a greater
presence in Serbia and the entire Balkan area, a part of Europe
where friends live, people with whom we want to cooperate. The
Balkans play a strategic role but must also feel loved and
appreciated by countries, especially neighboring ones such as
Italy." Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said while
opening the Italian-Serbian Business Forum in Belgrade after a
bilateral meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic.
"Italy is an industrial country, the second largest
industrial economy in the EU, we have 4 million SMEs, and we
believe we can export our know-how, our products. We believe
that we have to internationalize our companies. We must do it in
friendly countries where we can also create joint ventures,
joint Serbian and Italian companies that can create growth and
prosperity in both countries but also strengthen Serbia's
candidacy for EU membership," the minister explained in front of
300 businessmen from the two countries gathered at the Serbia
Palace. Tajani proposed organizing a start-up festival and
announced that the following Italian-Serbian business forum
would take place in Trieste next year. (ANSA).
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Tajani, presence in the Balkans is an Italian policy choice
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