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Serbia might be included on White Schengen List by end of 2008

Belgrade/Brussels, 8 February 2008

Member of the Serbian government's delegation at negotiations on visa relaxations and advisor of the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for legal affairs in European integration Vladimir Todoric said today in Brussels that Serbia might be included in the White Schengen List before the end of 2008.

Todoric said that after first meetings with representatives of the European Commission it was concluded that Serbia's administration and technical expert equipment are far beyond current political relations between Serbia and the EU, and the team that is working on the preparation of framework conditions for visa relaxations was highly commended for its work.

According to him, the European Commission will make the draft of the road map towards the White Schengen List for the Republic of Serbia, which the EU Council of Ministers should adopt in May.

He pointed out that if the country manages to fulfil all that has been agreed on, it will be included in the White Schengen List by the end of the year at the latest and added that the government delegation was assured that the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) will not be precondition for Serbia’s progress toward the White Schengen List, which is good.

Still, we feel sorry because we cannot expect to sign the SAA in the near future, although we are ready to do so any time we get the offer, said Todoric.