Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic Dejanovic received Monday new Swedish Ambassador to Serbia Christer Asp and on that occasion thanked the Swedish government for its financial assistance regarding e-parliament project, the Serbian parliament said in a release.

Djukic Dejanovic said that the e-parliament project will be presented to the public in stages which will deal with different organizational and technical aspects of the process. The final goal would be to facilitate effective use of information and communications technologies and thus enable more efficient treatment of legal proposals and easier access to parliament services.

“I hope that 2011 will be marked by e-parliament project, independent distribution of the assembly's budget and election laws that will enhance democracy within the parliament, said DjukicDejanovic.

Asp underlined that Swedish investments in Serbia will amount to EUR 1 billion and that Sweden will continue to invest in Serbia, particularly in long-term projects.

The new Swedish Ambassador to Belgrade announced that Swedish company IKEA will shortly build two huge commercial objects in Nis (southern Serbia) and Novi Sad (northern Serbia), thus hiring 6,000 people.

Asp expressed expectation that start of accession talks will attract numerous investors, such as IKEA.