November 17th, 2011.

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed today in Istanbul that the two countries should continue with intensive contacts at the highest political level because that is a signal for deepening economic relations.

Cvetkovic told after the talks with Erdogan that during the meeting, a desire was expressed to address specific questions that are open, and these are primarily improvement of economic cooperation in the field of agriculture and the possibility of exporting some agricultural products from Serbia.

Other topics discussed were cooperation in the fields of infrastructure, particularly the participation of Turkish companies in financing the construction of infrastructure facilities in Serbia, the Serbian Prime Minister said.

Cvetkovic said that during the talks it was pointed out that the volume of trade between the two countries, which now stands at $420 million per year, is expected to reach $2 billion or $3 billion at one point.

The intensification of cultural cooperation and the signing of a bilateral agreement on opening cultural centres - Serbian in Turkey and Turkish in Serbia – were also examined.