eKapija | Construction of corridor between Serbia and Italy to start in maximum two years - Cooperation agreements signed between two countries

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The Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia will talk with Serbia about infrastructure, transportation and trade projects, it was pointed out Tuesday night at the Embassy ot Italy to Belgrade, when it was also announced that a road corridor would be built to connect the cities of Pordenone and Kragujevac. A ceremony occasioned by the beginning of Italy's six-month presidency of the EU saw the signing of three agreements on economic and scientific-technological cooperation between Italy and Serbia.

A cooperation agreement between the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and the Italian Industrials' Association Finest was signed by the presidents of these organizations, Zeljko Sertic and Mauro Del Savio, respectively.

An agreement on cooperation in the field of transportation was signed by Giusepe Bortolusi, a representative of the Koridori Italija-Srbija consortium, Goran Aleksic, the director of the Srbijatransport AD company, and Svetozar Milanovic, the director of Belgrade-based Zeleznicki integralni transport. An agreement on scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries was signed by the president of Area Science Park, Adriano De Mayo, and the state secretary of the Serbian Education Ministry, Aleksandar Belic.

Debora Serracchiani, the president of the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia assessed that the signed agreements were very important for that Italian region and overall relations between Italy and Serbia, stressing that Italy was Serbia's most important trade partner.

The agreement signing ceremony was also attended by Italian Ambassador to Belgrade Giusepe Manzo.

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