Vucic: Further advancement of education in Serbia discussed with Wozniak

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday received US tech entrepreneur Steve Wozniak, best known as the co-founder of Apple Inc, to discuss ways of further advancement of education in Serbia.

At a joint press conference after the meeting, Vucic said Wozniak was an inventor regarded by many as a genius.

He said he was proud and very happy to have been able to welcome Wozniak in Serbia.

He noted Wozniak's involvement in numerous philanthropic endeavours aimed at providing training to children, especially those aged 11 to 13.

"We got a lot of things going that we could do in Serbia in the period to come to become much more attractive to kids and the young generation, to those who could also find the best possible universities and schools in our country," Vucic said.

"That way, we would completely stop people from leaving this country and attract an enormous number of people from the entire region and beyond, because we think Serbia is very attractive to people by some other criteria," he said.

Vucic announced that, at his proposal, Wozniak and his wife would be given Serbian citizenship.

"They will become Serbian citizens today or tomorrow, which is the greatest possible honour to us," he said, adding that he would be proud to present their Serbian passports to them.