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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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European Union main foreign trade partner of Serbia

Belgrade, 29 August 2019

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications Rasim Ljajic said today that the message of the European Commission that Serbia will have to terminate its trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union once it joins the European Union is not new and Serbia is no exception in this regard.

In a statement to the Tanjug news agency, commenting on the European Commission’s message transmitted by the EU Observer, Ljajic recalled that every EU member state must accept its trade regime.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that this is an indisputable fact known to Serbia, and emphasised that our country would do nothing to endanger its main foreign trade partner - the EU.

There is no alternative to this market, because 65 percent of goods are imported and exported from EU countries, therefore, the EU is absolutely the main foreign trade partner of Serbia and we will adhere to the rules that are in force in the EU, and to the process of Serbia's accession to the EU, Ljajic underlined.

If the EU has a free trade agreement with South Korea or Morocco, those agreements will also be valid for Serbia once it joins the Union, and the trade agreements with countries that Serbia used to have before joining the EU will cease to be valid, Ljajic explained.

He recalled that the Free Trade Agreement between Serbia and the Russian Federation has existed since 2000, and on 25 October Serbia should sign a trade agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union.