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The delegation of Cypriot businessmen, led by the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Serbia in Cyprus and president of the company “Vassos Eliades LTDˮ, Kypros Eliades, visited Serbia from September 9-13, 2019.

Together with K. Eliades, the members of the delegation were: vice-president of the company “Vassos Eliades LTD” board of directors, Vassos Eliades, board member of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, E. Stavrou, vice-president of the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry and owner of the company “Mitsides”, Dinos Mitsides, and the representative of the magazine “The Economist” for the Southeastern Europe, Yannis Georgoulas.

During the four-day visit, organized by the Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Nicosia, M. Blagojević, the Cyprus business delegation met with the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs I. Dačić, Minister of European integrations, J. Joksimović, special advisor of President of Serbia for direct foreign investments, D. Cicmil, Director of the Office for the Kosovo And Metohija, Marko Đurić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, N. Stevanović, Vice-president of the Government of AP Vojvodina, Đ. Milićević, Provincial Secretary for Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, V. Radojević, and Mayor of Novi Sad, M. Vučević.

Besides the mentioned meetings with the officials of the Republic of Serbia, the delegation of Cypriot businessmen also met with the representatives of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Vojvodina’s Chamber of Commerce, Development Agency of Serbia, Development Agency of Vojvodina, the Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins, representatives of YUMCO and TRAYAL companies, and also with the representatives of the agricultural cooperative and the producers of domestic spirits and wines.

The visit was rated by the Cypriot businessmen as a very successful one, while the emphasis in all the meetings was to find the way to increase the trade exchange between Cyprus and Serbia, as well as the investments of Cypriot businessmen in the Republic of Serbia.