Russia open to cooperation with Serbia in IT sector

Russian and Serbian official met in Moscow on Thursday to discuss "development of digital economy, innovation and information technology."

According to the Serbian government, Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of Innovation and Technological Development Nenad Popovic and Russian Minister of Communications and Mass CommunicationsNikolai Nikiforov agreed to sign a Memorandum of Cooperation between Serbia and Russia in the field of innovation and digital economy in the upcoming period.

This document will define a framework of future cooperation that would involve the exchange of experience, staffing, cooperation between universities and research centers, as well as innovative, high-tech and IT companies from Serbia and Russia, the government announced, and added:

"An initiative was also presented to create a strategic working group at the ministerial...