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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Serbia shows commitment to regional cooperation

Belgrade/Berlin, 3 November 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic stated that the agreements signed today at the Berlin Process Summit are important first and foremost for the young people in the region and underlined that with this Serbia has shown once more that it is absolutely committed to regional cooperation.

Brnanic, who is attending the Berlin Process 2022 Western Balkans Summit, pointed out that these agreements in no way derogate what was agreed and is being agreed in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

The Prime Minister stated that for Belgrade it was important to show that it is always for regional cooperation, that it is in the interest of Serbia and citizens that the region be safer and better connected, to have peace and stability guaranteed and to be able to make progress.

According to her, such agreements are nothing new for Serbia because the same thing was already done, but in larger scope, as part of the Open Balkans Initiative with Albania and North Macedonia.

She also said that she is not optimistic after today’s talks at the Summit although the above-mentioned agreements were signed, because the European Union (EU) allows the agreements signed between Belgrade and Pristina not to be respected, although the Union itself initialled them.

Brnabic recalled that Albin Kurti violated all the agreements, those from 2011, 2016 and 2021, and that he unilaterally abolished the status neutral KS license plates.

The Prime Minister stated that in Berlin she spoke with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and EU Special Representative for the Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina Miroslav Lajcak about the issue of re-registration of license plates in Kosovo and Metohija.

They said that they agree that there should be status neutral license plates, but that they cannot do anything about it, Brnabic reported and assessed that this is devastating.

The Prime Minister recalled that almost 10 years have passed since the signing of the Brussels Agreement, but that the Community of Serb Municipalities has not been formed yet.

Kurti was saying that he would not implement the Brussels Agreement, while on the other side we are being pressured to move onto other or final agreements, whatever they might call them, she said.

Brnabic also commented that the Open Balkans Initiative is in no way contradictory to the Berlin Process, but that these two processes can develop together.

She added that Serbia is slowly harmonising its visa policy with that of the EU, stating that there were no pressures on Serbia in Berlin regarding this matter.

Serbia has good cooperation with Frontex – the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and we reached an agreement that they be more present at our border with North Macedonia, she said.

In addition, our country also has a trilateral cooperation with Hungary and Austria, Brnabic concluded.