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Greece remains committed to territorial integrity of Serbia

Belgrade, 19 December 2022

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said today that during the talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias, it was confirmed that this country remains committed to providing support for the territorial integrity of Serbia.

Dacic said at a joint press conference that he informed the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs about the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as about the fact that the Albanian side does not respect the Brussels Agreement.

Serbia's interest is to preserve peace in the region and to prevent all possible incidents, to be a factor of peace and stability in the region, he said, and at the same time expressed his gratitude to Greece for supporting Serbia on the path of European integration.

Dendias pointed out that in the conversation with Dacic, he reiterated Greece's position on Kosovo, namely that the country continues to support the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina in order to reach a legally binding solution.

The agreements that were signed in the past are important and we must insist that they be respected, he underlined and added that he will repeat this position in Pristina as well.

Greece is committed to the further strengthening of strategic ties with Serbia in all areas, said the Minister and underlined that his country is committed to the European integration of Serbia and the Western Balkans.

We want to see Serbia continuing its reforms in fundamental areas in accordance with the European agenda, and we will help as much as we can. We believe that Serbia is an integral part of Europe, and the European Union is the place where Serbia belongs, said Dendias.

Answering questions of reporters, Dacic pointed out that, according to the information currently available, the Czech Republic will not put the request of the so-called Kosovo for EU membership into procedure, but will only inform the members about its receipt.

The Czech Republic received the application, and according to the announcements, at the session that should be held this week, they will only inform that they have received the application and will not put it further into procedure, Dacic said.

He added that the issue will be dealt with by the next chair country, which is Sweden, which will take over that role from the New Year, but, ultimately, the decision on this must be made by consensus, which at the moment does not exist, because the five EU countries, including Greece, have not recognised "Kosovo".