Belgrade, 13 July 2017 – Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Australia Julia Bishop that there is a mutual interest in strengthening bilateral relations of the two countries, especially in the fields of economy, culture and education.
Prime Minister Brnabic pointed out that Serbia has taken strong steps towards stabilisation of the economy and fiscal consolidation in the last three years, adding that these measures now yield results and that Serbia expects faster economic growth in the next year. She invited Australian companies to operate in Serbia on this occasion.
Prime Minister Brnabic and Australia's Foreign Minister agreed to work on joint projects that produce results in the future, such as Jadar project by the company Rio Tinto from Loznica.
Minister Bishop praised Serbia's commitment to Eurointegration and conveyed the support of the government of Australia to the opening of the chapters in the negotiations of our country with the EU.
They estimated that the Serbian diaspora in Australia is one of the most important bridges of the previous and future cooperation of the two countries and much more attention should be paid to it to various activities in the future period.