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Government to pass additional action plan for visa liberalisation
Belgrade,
27 November 2008
Deputy Prime Minister for EU Integration Bozidar Djelic stated today that the government will pass an additional action plan for visa liberalisation in 2009.
Author:
Tanjug
Djelic announced that the plan will be adopted at a government session on December 11 and added that liberalisation of the visa regime will be discussed in a meeting between representatives of Western Balkan countries and the EU on December 18.
He said that 40 key items of liberalisation will be discussed, noting that it is unlikely that the EU Council of Ministers will approve the Provisional Trade Agreement between Serbia and the EU as Serbia has not yet completed its cooperation with the Hague tribunal.
According to him, the report of Hague tribunal’s Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will not report Serbia’s full cooperation with the tribunal.
Elaborating on the European Commission’s report on Serbia’s progress towards EU integration, Djelic said this is the first time that an official European document has mentioned the specific conditions and dates regarding Serbia’s EU accession.
He specified that the Serbian parliament had adopted nine out of the 51 reform laws and another 15 laws are now pending adoption.
Board members invited Serbian citizens with old travel documents to replace them with the new ones as soon as possible, in order to speed up visa liberalisation.
They also reminded citizens that whilst Serbia’s inclusion on the Schengen ‘white list’ largely depends on the efficiency of its institutions, it also needs the help of it’s the citizens.
He said that 40 key items of liberalisation will be discussed, noting that it is unlikely that the EU Council of Ministers will approve the Provisional Trade Agreement between Serbia and the EU as Serbia has not yet completed its cooperation with the Hague tribunal.
According to him, the report of Hague tribunal’s Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will not report Serbia’s full cooperation with the tribunal.
Elaborating on the European Commission’s report on Serbia’s progress towards EU integration, Djelic said this is the first time that an official European document has mentioned the specific conditions and dates regarding Serbia’s EU accession.
He specified that the Serbian parliament had adopted nine out of the 51 reform laws and another 15 laws are now pending adoption.
Board members invited Serbian citizens with old travel documents to replace them with the new ones as soon as possible, in order to speed up visa liberalisation.
They also reminded citizens that whilst Serbia’s inclusion on the Schengen ‘white list’ largely depends on the efficiency of its institutions, it also needs the help of it’s the citizens.
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