Mali meets with Montenegro's Damjanovic

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and Finance Minister Sinisa Mali met with Montenegrin Finance Minister Aleksandar Damjanovic on Friday to discuss opportunities for advancement of bilateral economic cooperation and joint infrastructure projects, above all, in road and railway transport, the Serbian Finance Ministry said in a statement.

Damjanovic is on a two-day visit to Belgrade.

Major discussion topics included the construction of a motorway that would connect Serbia and Montenegro and a reconstruction of a Belgrade-Bar railway line.

Experiences in implementation of e-fiscalisation and e-invoicing were shared at the meeting and Damjanovic said Montenegro, too, was planning to introduce an e-invoicing system by the end of this year or early next year.

Mali and Damjanovic also discussed the numerous challenges of the ongoing global crisis and possibilities for joint regional action to weather the crisis more easily, as well as supplies of basic foodstuffs in the regional market and energy purchases.

The discussion topics also included FDI, the grey economy and efforts aimed at maintaining economic parameters in difficult years, the statement said.