Azerbaijan is interested in taking part in the privatization of Serbian enterprises and ports and in infrastructure projects in Serbia, the Serbian Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has said in a release.

During a meeting with Serbian Infrastructure and Energy Minister Milutin Mrkonjic on Tuesday, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Serbia Eldar Hasanov and members of an Azerbaijani delegation said they were interested in building a port on the Danube that would occupy 200 hectares of space.

The Azerbaijani delegation showed a great interest in the status of the Serbian ports and in inland waterways freight and passenger transportation.

The Azerbaijani guests accepted an offer to tour the Serbian government owned ports in the city of Novi Sad and the town of Apatin, in Vojvodina.

The delegation proposed to take part in the construction of a port on the Sava River in the city of Sabac and in the construction of the intermodal terminal envisaged by Serbia's 2010-2014-2020 Spatial Plan.

Ambassador Hasanov said a delegation of Azerbaijani businessmen, headed by the country's ministers of economy and regional development, should visit Serbia in September.