Djelic announces economic agreement with Poland

Belgrade, March, 18. 2010 (Serbia Today) – Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Bozidar Djelic announced today that Serbian President Boris Tadic will visit Warsaw next week and sign a bilateral economic agreement with Poland. Addressing the business forum of Serbian and Polish businessmen in the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS), he said that Poland is the only country in Europe which last year had a positive economic growth and is positioned sixth among the economies of Europe. Djelic said that cooperation between Poland and Serbia is not at a satisfactory level and that the volume of trade and investment should be increased. The Deputy Prime Minister said that Poland in the last 20 years has attracted €100 billion in investments. According to the data from PKS, in 2009 the value of total trade between Poland and Serbia amounted to $345 million, with Serbian exports worth $67.3 million while imports from Poland amounted to $277.7 million.