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Djelic successfully ends three-day visit to France
Belgrade,
6 November 2008
Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Bozidar Djelic said today he is encouraged by his talks with French officials, which focused mainly on the econmy.
File photo of Bozidar Djelic
Author:
Tanjug
Djelic told the Tanjug news agency that he met with French Minister of European Affairs Jean-Pierre Jouyet, foreign policy advisor to the French President Jean-David Levitte and François Pérol, who is in charge of economic affairs at the Élysée Palace.
He said that France sees Serbia as a crucial country in the Western Balkans.
Djelic said he and Pérol discussed medium term plans for Jat Airways and French Airbus, as well as the possibility of buying ATR aeroplanes for regional transportation.
We made an agreement with Sagem on an investment of between €10 million and €15 million, which will create nearly 200 jobs in former EI Nis, said Djelic.
He also announced the visit of a delegation from Medef, the largest union in France with over 800,000 members, to Serbia in June 2009.
Djelic also met with representatives of infrastructure and energy companies Suez-GDF, Buig and Vinci.
According to him, they agreed to contact members of the National Infrastructure Council and to prepare for the upcoming tenders on Corridor 10, for which Serbia will allocate €1.6 billion.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed expectation that top officials of French companies will visit Serbia, together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during the first part of 2009.
Djelic said that he talked with a counsellor to the French President about Serbia’s EU accession and the top preconditions, such as its full cooperation with the Hague tribunal and the arrest of the remaining indictees.
Djelic also discussed visa regime liberalisation with French officials, while further progress in this respect is to be continued next spring.
Djelic insisted that the EU integration process and the Kosovo problem are two separate issues and that the acceptance of the EULEX mission is not a precondition for Serbia’s EU accession, adding that France expects Serbia’s constructive stance in this respect.
The Minister pointed out that there is stagnation regarding the EULEX issue at the moment, since Serbia is not in agreement with the international community.
The Serbian government is consistently in its policies regarding both Kosovo and Europe, concluded Djelic.
He said that France sees Serbia as a crucial country in the Western Balkans.
Djelic said he and Pérol discussed medium term plans for Jat Airways and French Airbus, as well as the possibility of buying ATR aeroplanes for regional transportation.
We made an agreement with Sagem on an investment of between €10 million and €15 million, which will create nearly 200 jobs in former EI Nis, said Djelic.
He also announced the visit of a delegation from Medef, the largest union in France with over 800,000 members, to Serbia in June 2009.
Djelic also met with representatives of infrastructure and energy companies Suez-GDF, Buig and Vinci.
According to him, they agreed to contact members of the National Infrastructure Council and to prepare for the upcoming tenders on Corridor 10, for which Serbia will allocate €1.6 billion.
The Deputy Prime Minister expressed expectation that top officials of French companies will visit Serbia, together with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during the first part of 2009.
Djelic said that he talked with a counsellor to the French President about Serbia’s EU accession and the top preconditions, such as its full cooperation with the Hague tribunal and the arrest of the remaining indictees.
Djelic also discussed visa regime liberalisation with French officials, while further progress in this respect is to be continued next spring.
Djelic insisted that the EU integration process and the Kosovo problem are two separate issues and that the acceptance of the EULEX mission is not a precondition for Serbia’s EU accession, adding that France expects Serbia’s constructive stance in this respect.
The Minister pointed out that there is stagnation regarding the EULEX issue at the moment, since Serbia is not in agreement with the international community.
The Serbian government is consistently in its policies regarding both Kosovo and Europe, concluded Djelic.
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