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Serbia holds high expectations for EU negotiations on Dec. 14: PM

Xinhua, December 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Serbia has been given the green light to open two chapters on financial control and dialogue with Kosovo at the European Union (EU) negotiations on Dec. 14 in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini assured Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic at a joint press conference here on Thursday.

On a two-day visit to Serbia for a council meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mogherini said "Serbia in EU has a partner for security, safety and prosperity of the whole region," promising development of cooperation once the process gets underway.

Chapter 32 of the EU acquis deals with financial control while Chapter 35 is "Other Issues" which, for Serbia, refer to the dialogue with authorities in Pristina and implementation of the Brussels agreement adopted in 2013 which sets course for the EU-mediated dialogue between the two sides and normalization of relations.

"Cooperation will become more intensive, and this is important for both Serbian people and the EU," Mogherini said.

Vucic said Serbia held high expectations for the intergovernmental conference on Dec. 14 as well as from further negotiations with the EU. He also said he talked with Mogherini about the continuation of the EU mediated dialogue between Serbia and authorities in its southern province of Kosovo, which unilaterally declared independence in 2008.

"We are especially interested in greater freedom of movement. We would wish to see that airplanes of Air Serbia, the region's most successful airliner, land at Pristina airport, as well as for faster transport across the administrative line, as well as solving numerous problems," Vucic said, adding that such changes would improve the country's economy. Endit