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VUCIC, PONTA: TIMISOARA-BELGRADE MOTORWAY POSES PRIORITY
According to Tanjug agency, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic began a series of bilateral meetings held as part of the Third Meeting of Heads of Government of China and Central and Eastern European Countries with a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng.
Tuesday morning.Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta discussed economic cooperation on Tuesday and stressed the need for more work on the motorway between Temisoara and Belgrade, an important joint infrastructure project by the two countries.
A feasibility study and finding a way to fund the project are the first steps the two sides will take, the two officials agreed, according to a statement from the Serbian government office for media relations.
They also discussed the possibility of cooperation on the trans-Balkan corridor between Pancevo and Resita, which would improve exchange of electricity and the transmission system, connect Serbia and Romania with Europe and ensure energy stability for the two nations.
The two prime ministers discussed also the possibility of constructing a natural gas corridor.
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Romania's delegation led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, attending on Tuesday the China - Central and Eastern Europe Summit in Belgrade, brought to the fore Romania's interest in enhancing cooperation with China in various sectors, such as energy, agriculture, tourism, the Government reports in a release.
In addition, Romania's delegation suggested during the talks that Bucharest should host a center for dialogue and cooperation meant to facilitate experience and best practice sharing in the field of energy between the academic and business environments.
Belgrade hosted the third meeting of the Central and Eastern European heads of government, a meeting that shows the growing role of this cooperation format in reinforcing the bilateral and regional dialogue, in promoting the economic interests and in diversifying cooperation.
The main topic of the meeting regarded the cross-border projects in terms of transport, energy, infrastructure, agriculture, research and development, science and technology, environmental protection and people-to-people exchange.
In the context, Victor Ponta reviewed and hailed the progress made at the China-CEE Summit held in Bucharest in 2013, as laid down in the Declaration adopted last year.
The Romanian delegation headed by Premier Ponta held several bilateral meetings in Belgrade, with Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, as well as with China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
Bilateral trade exchanges between Romania and China surged by over 24 percent over Jan.-Sept. 2014, and Romania's exports to China went up over 21 percent. "Romania considers that we can reach the target of 5 billion dollars overall," the source says.