British companies are increasingly interested in Montenegro, said the deputy prime minister for economic policy and financial system Milutin Simovic opening the UK-Montenegrin Trade and Investment Forum in London today. This gathering is organised in order to further stimulate companies from the UK to consider Montenegro as their investment base and base for doing business in the region of Southeast Europe.
“The latest projections of the World Bank foresee the growth of the Montenegrin economy at a 4.2% this year. In the second quarter of this year, we achieved 5.1% growth, which is an additional confirmation of the dynamics of investment activities in Montenegro,” Simovic said, particularly emphasising Montenegro’s investment potentials in tourism, energy, transport, agriculture, fisheries and the ICT sector.
The Montenegrin deputy prime minister informed the British businessmen that the National Investment Commission of Montenegro had adopted a list of priority development infrastructure projects that contains 143 projects in the energy, transport, environmental, social and other infrastructure sectors. Their implementation is planned for the period 2017-2025. Estimated value of the listed projects is approximately €5bn.
The UK-Montenegrin Trade and Investment Forum began in London and brought together representatives of the Government of Montenegro and Montenegrin businessmen, the UK Government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and more than 150 British companies, primarily in the field of financial services, ICT, energy, engineering, infrastructure, construction, agriculture, real estate and consulting services that are interested in launching a business and investing in Montenegro.
