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Serbia won’t give up Kosovo-Metohija to enter EU
Belgrade,
31 July 2007
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic stated tonight that no one is asking Serbia to give up Kosovo-Metohija in order to join the EU, adding that Serbia would never agree to that anyhow.
Speaking about the statement of US Secretary General Condoleezza Rice that Kosovo-Metohija might declare independence unilaterally, Djelic said for the Radio Television of Serbia that in that case Serbia would have to reconsider its relations with countries which might do that.
He stressed that Serbia is not attempting to become a member country of the USA but of the EU, adding that he expects Serbia to enter the EU in 2014.
According to Djelic, it is consequential that Serbia enters the EU when it is ready and that it harmonises its laws with European legislation.
He pointed out that Serbia has yet to carry out a great deal of work on its road towards the EU and announced that this week the government will adopt a plan envisaging amendments to 44 laws which parliament should adopt so that Serbia may fulfill its portion of obligations towards Europe.
He took Slovenia as an example of a country which managed to adopt 120 laws in a single day in order to fulfill its obligations, whereas Bulgaria, while still on its EU road, adopted some laws in English and translated them later into Bulgarian.
Director of the EU Integration Office Tanja Miscevic said that Serbian products are not very competitive on the EU market and named their quality as the major stumbling block.
She specified that standards and EU certificates must be introduced for domestic products if they are to be sold on the EU market.
He stressed that Serbia is not attempting to become a member country of the USA but of the EU, adding that he expects Serbia to enter the EU in 2014.
According to Djelic, it is consequential that Serbia enters the EU when it is ready and that it harmonises its laws with European legislation.
He pointed out that Serbia has yet to carry out a great deal of work on its road towards the EU and announced that this week the government will adopt a plan envisaging amendments to 44 laws which parliament should adopt so that Serbia may fulfill its portion of obligations towards Europe.
He took Slovenia as an example of a country which managed to adopt 120 laws in a single day in order to fulfill its obligations, whereas Bulgaria, while still on its EU road, adopted some laws in English and translated them later into Bulgarian.
Director of the EU Integration Office Tanja Miscevic said that Serbian products are not very competitive on the EU market and named their quality as the major stumbling block.
She specified that standards and EU certificates must be introduced for domestic products if they are to be sold on the EU market.
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