Serbia, Italy sign 11 documents on cooperation

BELGRADE - Serbian and Italian officials signed 11 documents on bilateral cooperation in Belgrade on Tuesday.

The documents were inked at a Serbia-Italy business and research forum, held at the Palace of Serbia as part of an official visit to Serbia by an Italian state and business delegation.

At a ceremony also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic and Italian Deputy PM and FM Antonio Tajani signed a joint statement on cooperation between the two countries.

Serbian Deputy PM and Culture Minister Maja Gojkovic and Tajani signed an inter-governmental agreement on film co-productions.

Serbian Interior Minister Bratislav Gasic and Italian Ambassador to Belgrade Luca Gori signed an inter-governmental agreement on mutual recognition and replacement of driver's licences.

Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic and Gori signed an agreement between the Serbian Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure and the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport on cooperation on transport infrastructure.

A MoU between the Serbian government and Italy's export credit agency SACE was signed by Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic and SACE CEO Alessandra Ricci.

A MoU between the Serbian government and SIMEST, an institute for internationalisation of Italian companies, was signed by Momirovic and SIMEST President Pasquale Salzano.

Momirovic and Cassa Depositi and Prestiti CEO Dario Scannapieco signed a MoU between the Serbian government and the Italian bank.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) President Marko Cadez and Condfindustria Serbia President Patrizio dei Tos signed a memorandum on cooperation.

Cadez and Filiera Italia CEO Luigi Scordamaglia signed a MoU in the field agriculture and the food industry.

A MoU on agricultural research and cooperation between Serbia's Biosens institute and the Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Economics was signed by Biosens Director Vladimir Crnojevic and the Council's Director General Stefano Vaccari.

Vice President of the Serbian Association of Consulting Engineers Nikola Matic and Vice President of the Association of Italian Engineering, Architectural and Technical-Economic Consulting Organisations Roberto Carpaneto also signed a MoU between the two associations.