Cvetkovic meets with ACEBA president in Washington

WASHINGTON - Serbian Minister of Economy Slobodan Cvetkovic met with American-Serbian Business Council and American-Central European Business Association (ACEBA) President Eric Stewart in Washington.

Cvetkovic noted that meetings between Serbian and US businesspeople must be intensified as a further step towards carrying out projects of mutual interest.

"US companies employ over 30,000 people in Serbia and our country is open to, and ready for, receiving an even more substantial number of US investors, which have a very positive impact on our country's image at global level," Cvetkovic said at Tuesday's meeting.

This is important because investments by US companies are a motivation to companies from the biggest US allies to come to Serbia to invest money, a statement released by the Serbian Ministry of Economy quoted Cvetkovic as saying.

The minister took the opportunity to invite US investors to visit Serbia and invest in the country to develop their businesses.

Stewart noted that US companies operating in Serbia were satisfied with the business environment and the way they were being treated.

The meeting was attended by Congress of Serbian-American Friendship President Vladimir Marinkovic and representatives of US-based companies Bechtel, Citi Bank, Lockheed Martin, Smartmatic and UGT Renewables.