REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF VOJVODINA
PROVINCIAL SECRETARIAT FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
INTER-REGIONAL COOPERATION AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
On Thursday, 08 December 2016, Igor Mirović, the President of the Provincial Government and Ognjen Bjelić, the Secretary for Regional Development, Interregional Cooperation and Local Self-Government met with H.E. Giuseppe Manzo, the Italian Ambassador, in Subotica. Following their meeting, they also met with the Italian businessmen who have been doing business in Vojvodina. The immediate cause for the meeting was the opening of the Vice Consulate of Italy in Subotica, which has been viewed as a progress in deepening primarily economic, and trade relations.
The Ambassador Manzo expressed his satisfaction with the fact that there has been a concrete cause for the first official meeting with the President of the Provincial Government, such as the opening of the vice consulate of Italy in Subotica – the first one outside Belgrade, and he introduced Carmine Tarallo, an honorary vice consul of Italy in Subotica.
Igor Mirović, the President of the Provincial Government, expressed his satisfaction with the fact that more than 40 companies with Italian capital have been doing business in Vojvodina, and he pointed out that he has expected new investments by Italian companies and entrepreneurs, as well as that the Provincial Government has been willing to provide support to them. In addition, the Province has been opened to cooperate in other areas as well, from agribusiness to environmental protection, and University cooperation.