Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining Petar Skundric and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said today that Serbia and Italy should work on improving economic relations, especially in the field of infrastructure and energy.

In a telephone statement to Beta news agency, Skundric said that during the meeting held as part of the forum “Development Scenarios for the Adriatic-Balkan Region“ held in Gorizia, Frattini expressed interest in joint projects related to use of renewable sources of energy in the production of electricity and said that he may visit Serbia on 27 April.

The Minister said that he conveyed the Serbian government’s readiness to implement projects in the fields of infrastructure and energy which are of interest for the Adriatic-Balkan Region and which are important for Italian-Serbian cooperation.