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Serbia-Montenegro, EU negotiations to be over in 12 months

Brussels, 24 October 2005

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Miroljub Labus said today in Brussels, following talks with Director of the European Commission for the West Balkans Reinhard Priebe, that an agreement has been reached according to which negotiations between Serbia-Montenegro and the European Union on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be over at the latest in a period of 12 months.

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Labus said that the talks will start in November this year and finish in November next year.

He pointed out that three rounds of official and six rounds of technical talks will be held.

He expressed satisfaction in reaching the agreement that a period of 12 months should be assigned as the expected duration of the talks, adding that the first working meeting will take place on November 7-8 in Belgrade.

According to Labus, talks will begin at the same time on the state-union level as well as in the “double-track framework”, according to which the European Commission will talk separately with the Serbian and Montenegrin teams on economic and trade issues.

Labus said that the talks will start in the sector of political dialogue, general principles, financial cooperation, and cooperation between Serbia-Montenegro and the EU in the areas of transport and regional cooperation.

Head of the Serbian government’s EU Integration Office Tanja Misevic also took part in talks with Priebe.