SERBIAN ROYAL COUPLE HOSTS FOREIGN INVESTORS IN THE WHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 29 January 2007 – TRHs Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted a reception for representatives of foreign companies who are present on the Serbian market.

“Thank you for investing in our country. We definitely need more investments and we encourage you to bring more of your business partners here, but nevertheless we are especially grateful to you, who had the courage to invest first,” HRH Crown Prince Alexander II said in his speech to the group that counted with the presence of representatives of British-American Tobacco, Salford, Hypo Group, GTC, EFG Eurobank, Holcim, Lafarge, National Bank of Greece, Telenor, Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Mr. Radovan Jelašić, Advisor to Serbian Prime Minister Mr. Vladeta Janković, President of EKI Investment and former minister for privatization Mr. Aleksandar Vlahović, President of the Board of Societe Generale Yugoslav Bank and former minister of foreign economic relations Mr. Goran Pitić, and Mr. Srdjan Janićijević, Managing Director of Politika Newspapers and Magazines, amongst many other members of the diplomatic corps, advisory bodies to the Crown, Serbian and foreign institutions and associations.

HE Mr. Milan Parivodić, Serbian Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, also addressed the guests, saying that the “boring election campaign” that just ended is a sign that Serbia is becoming a stable country. He encouraged the foreign investors to invest safely in the Serbian market and thanked them for trusting the Serbian economy and for having the courage to invest in it.