SEDA: Major interest for Serbian dairy products

BELGRADE - The Serbian Dairies Association (SEDA) presented the national diary industry at the international forum in Krasnogorsk, Moscow region.

During the forum which ended on Wednesday, representatives of the European and Serbian milk processing industries conferred with officials of the Russian Federation, SEDA released.

At the invitation sent by the Moscow Region government, SEDA officials presented Serbia's diary industry during the forum section on the dialogue between the economy and government institutions.

Serbia diary industry came across good reception both among local retail chains and major world companies like Danone, Campina, Fonterra and Metro, SEDA CEO Goran Janjic said.

He noted that SEDA representatives reached a principles agreement with the forum organisers and the European Dairy Association (EDA) concerning the visit to Serbian dairy industry and leading European companies and institutions.

According to Janjic, the goal of the visit is to review new opportunities for improvement of cooperation in the milk processing sector.

On the margins of the forum, SEDA and EDA representatives agreed that a meeting in Brussels should be organised in order to define the joint activities for the year of 2015, with the support of the European Commission Directorate-General for Agriculture.

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