INTERVIEW
Great Step Taken As A Region And As Bilateral Partners MARKO ČADEŽ,
PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF SERBIA
America's active engagement, and a new, constructive, economic approach to solving complex and difficult topics representing the biggest obstacle to economic and political normalization in the region, have unblocked the cooperation process and introduced a new dimension to bilateral relations. I am deeply convinced that this will contribute to maximizing the potential to strengthen our economic ties ~ Marko Čadež
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hamber of Commerce & Industry of Serbia (CCIS) President Marko Čadež has no doubt that a new chapter of bilateral relations, and especially closer economic relations between the two countries, was opened at the highest level during recent talks in Washington. “The agreement reached in Washington, and the speed with which its implementation began with the international Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the work on defining specific projects, are important for the normalization of economic relations between Belgrade and Priština, and for the growth and development of the entire region, but also for future economic and overall relations between Serbia and America”, says our interlocutor. Čadež believes that America’s active engagement, and a new, constructive, economic approach to solving complex and difficult topics that haven’t only burdened relations between Belgrade and Priština for year, but which also represent the biggest obstacle to economic and political normalization in the region, have unblocked the cooperation process. “At the same time”, he adds, “it also
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brought a turning point, a new dimension and new prospects to Serbian-American bilateral relations. I am deeply convinced that this will contribute to maximizing the potential to strengthen our economic ties. Not only because of the significant funds with which the U.S.’s state development bank and its partners will support projects, but also because the U.S. administration is thereby sending an excellent message to its own business community, and the international one, that Serbia and the region represent a place worthy of their investments”, says the CCIS president. How important are the infrastructure projects that will be supported by the DFC at this time when the country is confronting the COVID-19 pandemic? - Strengthening regional economic integration and cooperation, building a common Western Balkan space as soon as possible and ensuring the deeper inclusion of the region in the unified legal and economic system of the European Union are of crucial importance for the economies of the region to recover from the consequences
