Serbian PM meets with Chinese counterpart

The meeting took place in Croatia during the gathering of the heads of government of the Central and Eastern European Countries and China (16+1).

Brnabic said that bilateral economic cooperation between Serbia and Chin, "which is getting stronger and more intense month in month out," was discussed, the government announced.
Brnabic told the press after the meeting with Keqiang that total Chinese investments in the projects that have already been implemented, which are in progress and are being planned, have reached EUR 10 billion.
She recalled that only in the last few weeks there were several major Chinese investments in Serbia, such as the Shandong Linglong factory in Zrenjanin, an investment worth EUR 800 million, for which the foundation stone was laid, as well as the opening of the Mint factory in Loznica, an investment worth EUR 100 million which created 1,000 jobs.
At this moment, negotiations are under way with Linglong on the takeover of Ikarbus, the Prime Minister said and added that there are more and more Chinese investment that create a large number of jobs.
When it comes to infrastructure projects, Brnabic singled out the three most important ones for Serbia - the modernization of the Belgrade-Budapest railway, which goes very good on our part, and it is expected that the construction of the Novi Sad-Hungarian border section start next year.
Corridor 11, where preparatory works for the continuation of the Preljina-Pozega section began, is also of great importance, and it is expected that President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic will sign an agreement for the Pozega-Boljare section in China.
The prime minister stated that she thanked the Chinese Premier for his country's political support to...

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