Davos

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will be in Davos from January 17 through 20 to attend the 47th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

On the fringes of the forum, Vucic will hold separate meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Swiss President Doris Leuthard and US Vice President Joe Biden, the government press office said in a statement.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met in Davos with Director of Bloomberg Peter Grauer, with whom he talked about "new projects" of the company in Serbia.

The Serbian government said this on its website.

"Peace and stability are the primary goals of the Serbian government," Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in Davos.

He spoke during Reuter’s "Global Markets" forum, held as part of the World Economic Forum.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden.

According to the Serbian government, they "spoke about relations between the two counties and the situation in the region."

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

They spoke about Zelezara Smederevo steelworks, now owned by the Chinese company Hesteel, "and about future joint projects," the Serbian government said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has delivered "a robust defense of globalization" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the WEF said on its website.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will be in Davos from January 17 through 20 to attend the 47th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting.

On the fringes of the forum, Vucic will hold separate meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Swiss President Doris Leuthard and US Vice President Joe Biden, the government press office said in a statement.

The 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will take on Jan. 17-20 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme of "Responsive and Responsible Leadership." 

More than 2,500 participants from nearly 100 countries are slated to meet and participate in over 300 sessions at the elite gathering.

The global economy is in better shape than it's been in years. Stock markets are booming, oil prices are on the rise again and the risks of a rapid economic slowdown in China, a major source of concern a year ago, have eased.

Greece has seen its competitiveness drop five places to 86th in a list of 138 countries, according to the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-17 released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday.