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Regional stability, continuation of European path priorities
Belgrade,
24 April 2017
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic spoke today in Brussels with European Commissioner for Neighbuorhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.
Ivica Dacic, left, and Johannes Hahn
Author:
Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dacic said after the meeting that the goal of Serbia and the Western Balkans is to enter the EU, adding that this goal can only be achieved by making big steps forward, and not by inflammatory statements that return the region to the past.
He expressed the expectation that several negotiating chapters will be opened at the end of June, at the next EU-Serbia Intergovernmental Conference.
We hope there will be four of them. However, regardless of their number, it will mean that there is the dynamics and continuity in the process of progress on the path of European integration, Dacic said.
He reiterated that one of the foreign policy priorities is regional stability, and that Serbia will make utmost efforts to provide its constructive role with a significant boost to the Balkans being a region of regional stability and peace.
We have noted today that Serbia is on the right track and it is necessary to compensate for what we have lost in the past, and therefore we need bigger steps, Dacic said.
He expressed hope that the road to the EU will not be stopped, and stressed that Serbia will do everything to contribute to the continuation of dialogue with Pristina, but also that we expect the community of Serb municipalities to be established.
Dacic told Hahn that Serbia will continue with its foreign policy priorities, including the EU membership, following the election of the new president and the formation of the new government.
After meeting with Dacic, Hahn stressed that Serbia is on the right track and that he expects new chapters in the accession negotiations to open soon.
We are confident that the new negotiating chapters will be soon open. Every opportunity must be exploited to keep pace and dynamics of this process, he said.
Hahn praised Serbia for leadership in the area of regional cooperation and good-neighbourly relations.
He expressed the expectation that several negotiating chapters will be opened at the end of June, at the next EU-Serbia Intergovernmental Conference.
We hope there will be four of them. However, regardless of their number, it will mean that there is the dynamics and continuity in the process of progress on the path of European integration, Dacic said.
He reiterated that one of the foreign policy priorities is regional stability, and that Serbia will make utmost efforts to provide its constructive role with a significant boost to the Balkans being a region of regional stability and peace.
We have noted today that Serbia is on the right track and it is necessary to compensate for what we have lost in the past, and therefore we need bigger steps, Dacic said.
He expressed hope that the road to the EU will not be stopped, and stressed that Serbia will do everything to contribute to the continuation of dialogue with Pristina, but also that we expect the community of Serb municipalities to be established.
Dacic told Hahn that Serbia will continue with its foreign policy priorities, including the EU membership, following the election of the new president and the formation of the new government.
After meeting with Dacic, Hahn stressed that Serbia is on the right track and that he expects new chapters in the accession negotiations to open soon.
We are confident that the new negotiating chapters will be soon open. Every opportunity must be exploited to keep pace and dynamics of this process, he said.
Hahn praised Serbia for leadership in the area of regional cooperation and good-neighbourly relations.
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