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EU membership remains Serbia’s foreign policy priority

Belgrade, 14 May 2024

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić met today with European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Olivér Várhelyi.

On this occasion, Đurić said that full membership in the EU is a strategic commitment and priority of the Republic of Serbia's foreign policy, and that the new government will work with renewed energy to achieve that goal.

He noted that since 2014, Serbia has opened 22 out of 35 negotiation chapters with the EU and temporarily closed two, and that in the coming period, he hopes that at least one of the clusters will be opened.

According to him, our country is committed to cooperation with the EU in the field of foreign and security policy, to the extent in which its vital national, political and economic interests would not be endangered.

Đurić once again emphasised Belgrade's commitment to solving the problems in Kosovo and Metohija through dialogue, but also warned about the increasingly difficult position of the Serbian people in the province.

Belgrade's readiness for dialogue and the implementation of assumed obligations is unquestionable and unequivocal, while, on the other hand, such a readiness in Priština evidently does not exist, and this is best seen in the issue of the Community of Serb Municipalities, the Minister pointed out.

The interlocutors also exchanged opinions on migration trends and the challenges that this brings to the EU and the countries in its environment, according to a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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