Minister Lucia Puttrich, Picture by Hessische Landesvertretung.
Thursday-Friday, 20-22 March 2019: Hesse’s regional government consented to a partnership with the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. To the latter goal Minister of Federal and European Affairs of Hesse, Lucia Puttrich, travelled to Novi Sad, Vojvodina’s capital. Minister Puttrich was duly received by Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, her Serbian counterpart for European Affairs, Jadranka Joksimović as well as Igor Mirović, Premier of the Autonomous Province Vojvodina.
Since 2012 the Hessian Diet (Landtag) entertains a regional partnership with the parliament of Vojvodina. Hessian Premier Volker Bouffier paid an official visit to Serbia in 2017. Premier Bouffier’s coalition government supports Serbian membership into the EU, nonetheless, it shares the view that the path to membership still requires a lot of reforms to be implemented.
Minister Puttrich took the opportunity to pay her respects at Bački Jarak memorial. After World War II many members of the German ethnic minority were incarcerated and starve to death or succumbed to disease.
For further information:
Autonomous Government of Vojvodina, Serbia: http://www.vojvodina.gov.rs/en/government-members
Government of Hesse: https://staatskanzlei.hessen.de/presse/pressemitteilung/europaministerin-lucia-puttrich-reist-nach-serbien
Government of Serbia: https://www.srbija.gov.rs/sekcija/en/165/prime-ministers-activities.php
