US Ambassador to Serbia Mary Warlick said in Vranje at the start of her three-day visit to southern Serbia that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will continue to invest in development projects in that area.

USAID has already invested USD 70 million in development and other projects in 13 municipalities in southern
Serbia, she said.

USAID will continue to invest as it wants to foster economic development in the area, she said. Meeting Vranje Mayor, Warlick said she was glad to start her visit in that town, which is a major destination for USAID investments.

Stojcic pointed to good cooperation between Vranje and USAID. USAID has so far invested USD 1.4 million in Vranje, he noted.

We have invested a lot in the economic and overall development of southern Serbia, and it shows how devoted the government and people of the United States are to this area and how much we are interested in the economic development of these municipalities, Ambassador Warlick said after her meeting with Bujanovac Mayor Saik Kamberi.

She told reporters that she had come to Bujanovac to hear about the situation there ahead of the elections for the Albanian national council and about the inclusion of the Serbs in the local organs of authority. Addressing the ambassador and her associates,

Kamberi underscored that everything the government and people of the United States had done for the region, through international organizations, is of huge importance. With their help, we have created basic conditions for a speedier development of small and medium-size enterprises, which meant opening of new jobs in this municipality, said Kamberi.