Acting Director of FIPA attended the "Economic Dialogue: Italy-Bosnia and Herzegovina"

Acting Director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FIPA) Marko Kubatlija attended the event "Economic Dialogue: Italy - Bosnia and Herzegovina", which brought together representatives of 55 companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Italy, organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Foreign Trade Chamber of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Italian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Agency for Promotion and Internationalization of Italian Companies (ICE). 

Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH Staša Košarac and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy Antonio Tajani signed the "Agreement between the Council of Ministers of BiH and the Government of the Republic of Italy on economic cooperation". The Agreement was concluded in order to establish an appropriate legal framework for further strengthening of economic cooperation in favour of improving contractual relations and creating a framework for institutional cooperation between the two countries.

Minister Konaković, Minister Tajani and Minister Košarac opened the economic dialogue.

Addressing the meeting, the president of the Foreign Trade Chamber, PhD Vjekoslav Vuković pointed out that the Republic of Italy is a very important trade partner of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and that a large number of Italian companies operate and have their own plants in BiH, especially in the textile and metal processing industry.