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Removing obstacles to integration of countries of region into EU

Belgrade/Skopje, 10 March 2020

First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic appealed today in Skopje to urgently and unconditionally abolish unilaterally imposed taxes by Pristina, which are endangering the significant number of citizens.

At a meeting of foreign ministers participating within the Berlin Process themed “EU Perspective for WB6”, Dacic stressed that this regional initiative is by no means a substitute for the European integration process.

The firm commitment of everyone in the region to EU integration is out of the question. We can speak more about skepticism among EU Member States. We hope that the new EU methodology for improving accession negotiations will very quickly contribute to removing obstacles to the progress of everyone in the region in the EU integration process, Dacic stressed.

He said that Serbia is not satisfied with the current dynamics in the opening of the chapters, although many steps were taken on our part, with which we deserved to make the number of open chapters much larger.

According to him, strict adherence to the concluded agreements and agreed frameworks of regional cooperation by all participants in the region, without exceptions, is a clear prerequisite for successful achievement and improvement of regional cooperation.

He therefore once again strongly urged the urgent and unconditional abolition of unilaterally imposed taxes by Pristina.