Serbia Planning to Buy Part of Port of Thessaloniki or Piraeus

Serbia needs a port because of exports which will be greater, and it is important for us to use the capacities of both Thessaloniki and Piraeus, to buy part of the port. When we increase automobile production, with mines and ironworks, we will need that, stated the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic.

He said that at the opening of the Serbia-Greece Business Forum, held at the Palace of Serbia.

– Greek companies and financial institutions are welcome in Serbia – Vucic said at the opening of the forum and noted that Serbia and Greece were connected by emotions and true friendship, stressing that the two countries could do a lot together.

– We will have to work harder and fight for every Greek and Serbian company, to fight for our entry onto the Greek market in different areas, but also to attract as many Greek companies here as possible – he stated.

According to him, Serbia previously had a problem with non-performing loans with Greek banks of as much as 30%, as reported on the website of the Government of Serbia.

– Those times are long passed, and considering the importance and the possibilities of Greek investments in Serbia, it would be very important for us to have additional financial institutions that could support that – said the president of Serbia and noted that Serbia would guarantee full legal, political and every other kind of security to Greek companies.

The prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that he saw that Serbia had ambitious economic goals until 2027 and that he was convinced that Greek companies would become part of the success that the Serbian economy would achieve.

– Our presence at this forum is proof that the friendship of Serbia and Greece is deeply rooted and that we have the opportunity to make a great leap in our economic relations – emphasized Mitsotakis and added that the goods trade between the two countries, amounting to EUR 750 million, could be even greater.

He asked the Greek companies, present at the forum, to pay special attention to the great progress that Serbia had made in the preceding years.

– We pay great attention to the corridors that connect Serbia and Greece through North Macedonia. We want most of Serbia's exports to pass through Greece, and it is important for us to improve the railway network – the prime minister of Greece underlined.

He also pointed out that Greece could supply Serbia with natural gas and help our country in the transition period.

Vucic underlined the importance of the completion of the Belgrade-Nis fast railroad and noted that Greece was completing the fast railroad to the border with North Macedonia.

Before the forum, Vucic and Mitsotakis discussed cooperation in the energy sector - oil pipelines, gas pipelines, gas purchases, renewable energy sources, wind farms, battery parks, and there was also talk of cooperation between the two countries' electricity companies, transport and infrastructure, rail and port traffic and tourism.

Predsedništvo Republike Srbije

Government of Greece

President of Serbia

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Aleksandar Vucic

Port of Thessaloniki

Port of Piraeus

Serbia Greece Business Forum

Serbia Greece goods trade

earth gas

Belgrade Nis fast railroad

purchase of Greek port