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Importance of maintaining open communication with France

Paris, 4 March 2020

Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic said today in Paris, following a meeting with French President's Special Adviser for European Affairs Clément Beaune, that the continuity of high-level meetings with French officials shows that the country maintains open communication with Serbia.

Joksimovic said that this visit to Paris, during which she also met with French Minister of State for European Affairs Amélie de Montchalin, as well as with representatives of the France-Serbia Friendship Group in the French Parliament, was very important and happened at the right time.

She said that she discussed with the French President's special adviser the future of the Union and France's role in it.

According to her, the French position is much more pragmatic in relation to some issues concerning the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, that is, the continuation of the dialogue.

Beaune stressed that France expects Pristina to completely abolish taxes on goods from central Serbia, Joksimovic said, adding that they also discussed the new enlargement methodology proposed by the European Commission.

She reiterated that Serbia expects to elaborate more precisely the possibility of applying this methodology to those countries that are already negotiating, but that, in any case, our country does not see a bad intention in the proposal and will make a decision after a thorough analysis.