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Strong support of Austria to European path of Serbia
Belgrade,
31 May 2017
Minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic said today that the Berlin Process is not and must not be a substitute for the process of European integration for Serbia, or for other countries in the region that are candidates for EU membership.
Author:
Tanjug
Joksimovic said at regional conference of Austria Connect 2017, organised by the Foreign Trade Organisation of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and themed "Southeast Europe: Striving for Competitiveness", that Vienna has been providing for years a strong support for further integration of Serbia into the EU both in political and economic sense.
The Berlin Process in no way should be, must not be and is not a substitute for the European integration process for each of the countries in the region, especially for Serbia, which has already opened a lot of chapters, she reiterated.
According to her, the Berlin Process is important in terms of infrastructure, energy, transport and social cohesion.
She pointed out that Serbia expects to open at least two more chapters by June, and specified that it will open Chapter 29 which is related to the customs union, and Chapter 7 which covers intellectual property rights.
We prepared a negotiating position for several economic chapters. These are all positive signals to investors and an indication that certain standards have been reached, Joksimovic underlined.
She said that Austria is one of the strongest partners on Serbia's European path, and this is confirmed by the fact that Austrian investors invested €3 billion in Serbia.
The Berlin Process in no way should be, must not be and is not a substitute for the European integration process for each of the countries in the region, especially for Serbia, which has already opened a lot of chapters, she reiterated.
According to her, the Berlin Process is important in terms of infrastructure, energy, transport and social cohesion.
She pointed out that Serbia expects to open at least two more chapters by June, and specified that it will open Chapter 29 which is related to the customs union, and Chapter 7 which covers intellectual property rights.
We prepared a negotiating position for several economic chapters. These are all positive signals to investors and an indication that certain standards have been reached, Joksimovic underlined.
She said that Austria is one of the strongest partners on Serbia's European path, and this is confirmed by the fact that Austrian investors invested €3 billion in Serbia.
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