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Unabated interest of European MPs for European path of Serbia
Belgrade/Brussels,
10 October 2017
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met today with Chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and European Parliament's Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister, with which her first official visit to Brussels as prime minister has started.
From left: Jadranka Joksimovic, David McAllister and Ana Brnabic
Brnabic, together with Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, talked with McAllister about the process of Serbia's accession to the European Union and the reform processes of our country along that path, as well as about strengthening economic and political cooperation in the Western Balkan region.
The Prime Minister reiterated that in recent years Serbia has adopted and implemented a very ambitious economic reform agenda and it is making great efforts to build a society based on the rule of law and a modern and prosperous state.
She also referred to the events in Spain, and underlined that Serbia’s principled stance is to respect international law and that it supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Spain, although some countries did not do the same in the case of the illegal and unilateral self-declaration of independence of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija.
The Prime Minister stressed that EU membership is a foreign policy priority of Serbia and that Belgrade does everything to maintain the positive dynamics of the negotiations and the opening of chapters.
McAllister told Brnabic and Joksimovic that there is unabated interest of European MPs for the European path of Serbia, especially after the publication of more concrete prospects for membership, expressed through the announcement of the enlargement strategy for Serbia and Montenegro by Jean-Claude Juncker.
He stressed that such an important signal will certainly be accompanied by an even greater interest in the reform processes in Serbia, which are already recognised as something that has brought good and concrete results in the field of economy.
The European Parliament's Rapporteur stressed that Serbia is an important country for the EU in the context of a geo-strategic and geopolitical position, and that the European road is therefore significant both for Serbia and the EU, along with all the occasional problems and obstacles along the way.
He expressed confidence that Serbia will open the chapters for which it is ready by the end of the year.
The Prime Minister reiterated that in recent years Serbia has adopted and implemented a very ambitious economic reform agenda and it is making great efforts to build a society based on the rule of law and a modern and prosperous state.
She also referred to the events in Spain, and underlined that Serbia’s principled stance is to respect international law and that it supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Spain, although some countries did not do the same in the case of the illegal and unilateral self-declaration of independence of the southern Serbian province of Kosovo-Metohija.
The Prime Minister stressed that EU membership is a foreign policy priority of Serbia and that Belgrade does everything to maintain the positive dynamics of the negotiations and the opening of chapters.
McAllister told Brnabic and Joksimovic that there is unabated interest of European MPs for the European path of Serbia, especially after the publication of more concrete prospects for membership, expressed through the announcement of the enlargement strategy for Serbia and Montenegro by Jean-Claude Juncker.
He stressed that such an important signal will certainly be accompanied by an even greater interest in the reform processes in Serbia, which are already recognised as something that has brought good and concrete results in the field of economy.
The European Parliament's Rapporteur stressed that Serbia is an important country for the EU in the context of a geo-strategic and geopolitical position, and that the European road is therefore significant both for Serbia and the EU, along with all the occasional problems and obstacles along the way.
He expressed confidence that Serbia will open the chapters for which it is ready by the end of the year.
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