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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

In the service of citizens

EU integration important for prosperity, stability of Western Balkans

Belgrade, 10 November 2020

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today at the online summit of the Western Balkans in Sofia that Serbia wants to accelerate the EU integration process and also strongly supports the accession to the Union and our neighbours, especially North Macedonia and Albania, because it is extremely important for the prosperity and stability of the entire region.

Speaking at a meeting held within the Berlin Process, Brnabic spoke about the serious economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and expressed a desire to expand the connection of the Green Corridor outside the Western Balkans, expanding the reach and potential towards neighbouring EU member states and the wider EU.

According to her, that would be an important step in the economic recovery and stronger economic harmonization of the Western Balkans and the European Union.

The Prime Minister expressed readiness to join the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), an EU initiative to simplify bank transfers, estimating that this would result in a reduction in the cost of regional payments and serve as a good mechanism for post-COVID recovery.

Brnabic reiterated Serbia's commitment to implementing all five pillars of the Green Agenda, in line with the regional socio-economic reality, and asked EU partners to consider ways to access additional funding to implement the agenda, which will be very challenging and expensive.

The Prime Minister, on behalf of the Republic of Serbia, signed the Declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, as well as the Declaration of the Leaders of the Western Balkans on the Common Regional Market.

In addition to numerous European leaders, the Prime Ministers of Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Boyko Borisov and Zoran Zaev, participated in the Summit, as co-organisers, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel.