Siniša Mali: The continuation of the “Clean Serbia” project

On the occasion of the first 100 days of the Government of Serbia, Minister of Finance Siniša Mali especially emphasized the creation of conditions for the continuation of the implementation of the “Clean Serbia” project.

“In the first 100 days of the Government, several legal solutions were adopted in competences of the Ministry of Finance, which enable the continuation of implementation of important projects in our country, which, among others, relate to the construction of the high-speed road Ruma-Šabac – Loznica, the bypass around Kragujevac, as well as the construction of the National Stadium and the “Clean Serbia” project, said Minister Mali.

He also concluded that as the first vice-president of the Government, he is satisfied with the results achieved, stressing that he thinks that the Government worked well in the first 100 days, but that we should always set the bar higher and continue to work even better.

Deputy Prime Minister Siniša Mali spoke with the Finnish ambassador

The Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister of Finance Sinisa Mali met with the Ambassador of Finland to Serbia, Kim Lahdevirt, with whom he discussed the cooperation between the two countries, as well as the implementation of the green agenda.

Mali and Lahdevirt discussed Serbia’s membership in the Coalition of Finance Ministers regarding climate change, and the Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that our country will join the aforementioned coalition, and that he hopes other countries in the region will do the same.

The Minister thanked for the invitation to join and pointed out that this is an extremely important topic, to which the Government has devoted itself in the last few years. He added that Serbia issued the first green bond in 2021, as the first country in the region and the only country outside the European Union that managed to do so.

In addition, he pointed out that our country has solved the decades-long problem of the landfill in Vinča, and that as part of the “Clean Serbia” project, factories for the treatment of waste water and sewage networks are being built throughout the country.

 

Taken: text and photo: mfin.gov.rs