“With a sufficient amount of foreign investments our economy will be healthy once again and that is why the state’s basic task is to secure as favorable a business environment for investors as possible,” Nikolić said, according to a statement from his cabinet.

The meeting was also attended by Oiltanking’s marketing director, Christian Kranz, Dejan Stanković and Đorđe Mihajlović from the Invej company, as well as Ivan Gros, managing director of Grimex Consult.

Oiltanking, headquartered in Germany, is a leading global independent storage partner for oil, petroleum products, and chemicals.

Nikolić noted during the meetings that the reforms launched in Serbia were making the country good for investments, as it was open toward the whole world, “especially toward big global markets.”

He welcomed Oiltanking’s interest in investing in Serbia, adding that each instance of foreign companies finding their interest in investing here “clearly showed that Serbia was becoming a well-ordered country and that this was recognized abroad.”

According to the statement, Sven Thiessen stressed during the meeting that the company he represents was received in Serbia “in the best possible way” and that they managed to develop a large number of business contacts in a short period of time.

Thiessen said Oiltanking was looking to improve Serbia’s infrastructure for storage of oil and derivatives, and make a long-term investment in the country’s economy.