ZAGREB, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — Germany has shown interest in the Balkan region again by organizing a Western Balkan conference in Berlin, Croatian Foreign and European Affairs Minister Vesna Pusic said on Thursday.

She said after a long time, Germany has shown a very active interest in the region again. It is important and good, according to Croatian News Agency Hina.

On the same day, German Economic Affairs and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, who hosted a meeting of economy and finance ministers, said German businessmen were interested in investing in Western Balkan countries and a poll showed that 83 percent of German investors who did business in the region will do it again.

The region's economic priorities must be to encourage exports and investments, he said.

European Commission Vice President and Economy and Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger stressed the importance of investing in energy, especially in the strengthening of the energy infrastructure between EU and Western Balkans countries, as well as within the region.

The conference on Western Balkans, attended by the heads of state from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia and Albania and leaders of the EU Commission, Germany, Austria, Croatia and Slovenia, is aimed at giving new impetus to the cooperation in the Southeast European countries. Enditem

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