Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Jovanović received Head of the JINR International Cooperation Department Dmitri Kamanin and the Serbian Coordinator of cooperation with JINR Cerjan Petrović from the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences on 8 November 2013 in Belgrade. The meeting was attended by Assistant Minister Radomir Žikić and scientific director of the “Vinča” Department of physics Nebojša Nešković.

The meeting was devoted to discussion of formal issues of cooperation and, in particular, planning of Serbian contribution to the JINR budget. The progress and prospects of cooperation of scientists from Serbia and Dubna were discussed. The Minister was particularly interested in experimental work on solid state physics which is being conducted at the Vinča Institute with the participation of specialists from Dubna and using JINR educational opportunities.