During her official visit to Berlin, Serbian Parliament speaker Ana Brnabic discussed with German businessmen “environmentally friendly lithium mining practices,” said a press release issued by the Serbian Parliament.

“I would like to invite German companies to think about what we could do together regarding renewable energy sources, large-scale energy storage systems, battery technology production,” the Parliament quoted her as saying.

Brnabic presented Serbia’s economic indicators and cooperation with German companies, adding that she would like to hear from the Germans about the progress of their two major lithium extraction projects – Vulkan and Zinnwald.

“Like Germany, we too have lithium reserves. Germany is much smarter than Serbia and Germany will be a country that will produce lithium,” she said, adding she would like to see how they produce lithium in accordance with the highest environmental protection standards.

We recall that the Serbian Government has decided to launch in the next two weeks a media campaign to support the lithium mining project in Serbia. A source told N1 that a list of people has been forwarded to pro-government media who are expected to participate as speakers in daily guest appearances, debates, and roundtable discussions on the topic of lithium mining.

During her visit to Germany, Brnabic also said that Germany is Serbia’s most important trade partner, with bilateral trade exceeding nine billion euros in 2023.