Vucic talks about open exchange of ideas and plans for the future with EU's Costa

Photo: Tanjug/Jadranka Ilic

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said today after a meeting with President of the European Council Antonio Costa that they had an open exchange of ideas and plans for the future, and pointed out that this is extremely important for our country, which is on the path of joining the EU.

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"I am very grateful to President of the European Council Antonio Costa, for this visit, for the open exchange of ideas and plans for the future. We spoke for a long time both last night and this morning, and for us it is extremely important as a country that is on the European path and that shares not only political and value-based positions with Europe, but also, I would say, what is most important for our people, the economy that connects us," Vucic said during a joint press conference in the Palace of Serbia.

The president added that the total trade in goods and services between Serbia and the European Union amounts to 58 billion euros, which is by far the largest part of our exports and imports.

"And what is also important is that our exports are growing and we are, believe it or not - you know that I told you that we make up to 54 percent of the total exports from the Western Balkans - Serbia had, today Serbia is at the level of 57.1 percent, so if you take the entire Western Balkans, Serbia amounts to 57.1 percent of exports to the European Union. This also speaks about the progress of our economy, but that progress would not have happened without European investments," said Vucic.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)