Iohannis stated, in message for the Romanian-Slovak Economic Forum, that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recently revised upward Romania’s GDP growth forecast to 5% for 2016, adding that the positive economic forecasts were also triggered by the 9% increase of net investments in the first six months.
Thus, authorities are struggling ”to reduce bureaucratic burdens, to boost transparency and to provide stability for the business environment”.
”There is great collaboration potential between Romania and Slovakia in the automotive industry. Slovakia has registered remarkable progresses lately, becoming an important player in the auto industry. In Romania, in the last ten years, the auto industry grew from approximately EUR4 billion to over EUR20 billion in 2015. We can also register progresses in other sectors, such as IT and telecom sectors, as Romanians are professionally prepared and represent a valuable source for the business environment,” Iohannis stated, inviting Slovakian businessmen to invest in Romania.
Klaus Iohannis added that the bilateral projects also include the Danube region and Constanta harbor, which could become the main seaport for Slovakian trade.
Slovakia’s President Andrej Kiska paid an official visit to Romania, at the invitation of Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis.