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By Amina Nazarli

Serbia is going to suggest new projects for cooperation to Azerbaijan, a diplomatic source told Trend.

The Serbian government is preparing a plan to offer new infrastructural projects to Azerbaijani companies. The country is also interested in expanding cooperation in the agricultural field.

All these questions will be discussed during the visit of Alexander Vucic, Serbian Prime Minister to Azerbaijan, which is expected to take place in late February.

An Azerbaijan-Serbian business forum is planned to be held during the visit.

Earlier, the preparation process of the visit was discussed during the meeting of Vucic and Eldar Hasanov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to this country in Serbia.

The prime minister expressed his satisfaction with the activities of Azerbaijani companies in Serbia.

He noted that Serbia is interested to involve in the huge opportunities of cooperation in the field of construction, information and communication technologies, as well as medicines and medical equipment, food sector, tourism and others.

The two countries are now closely working on construction projects. The biggest of these projects is construction of motorways in Serbia, where Azerbaijani AzVirt company is a general contractor.

Azerbaijani investors are also participating in projects to create free zones in the cities such as Cacak and Kraljevo, and several other projects.

The trade turnover between the two countries was $3836.53 in 2014, according to the Azerbaijan State Statistics Committee.

Serbia exports agricultural products, equipment and pumps for the oil and gas industry, as well as furniture and building materials to Azerbaijan.

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Amina Nazarli is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @amina_nazarli

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