KANJONI: Bid for Belgrade Trade Fair is not insulting

Lorenzo Kanioni, the President of the consortium comprising Trade Fair "Rimini" and "Verano Motors", which has submitted the bid for the Belgrade Trade Fair, said today (July 14, 2009) that the bidder's intention was not to insult or to provoke anyone with the price of 1.8m EUR, and he added that he was ready to start negotiations with the Privatization Agency.

- We do not have the intention to insult or provoke anyone with our offer for privatization of the Belgrade Trade Fair. We are willing to start the most successful negotiations, but the obstacles are not only of economic nature - Kanioni said in his statement.

Kanioni, who is the President of Trade Fair "Rimini", admitted that the starting price of 1.8m EUR for 70% of capital of the Belgrade Trade Fair was low, but he pointed out that, in addition to the price, the negotiations would also be about "other aspects that strongly affect evaluation of the Belgrade Trade Fair".

- We especially wait for the answers related to current obstacles, which concern the Belgrade Trade Fair, but have not influence on its value. If these obstacles are removed, we will be definitely able to start reasonable and concrete negotiations - said Kanioni without defining the obstacles.

He added that he hoped that the negotiations would commence as soon as possible because the bidder's interest in the Belgrade Trade Fair had "strategic character" and its plans were bigger than everything requested by the tender.