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Full membership in EU as key strategic priority

Belgrade/The Hague, 3 February 2025

Minister of Foreign Affairs Marko Đurić began a two-day official visit to the Netherlands by participating in a roundtable at Clingendael Institute, where he informed members of the Dutch academic and political community about Serbia’s economic performance and foreign policy goals.

Đurić stressed that in the past few years, Serbia has been focused on strengthening its economic development, building infrastructure and working on relations with foreign partners, primarily the EU, and it is for this reason that the government has set full EU membership as its key strategic priority.

The Minister explained that placing political emphasis on EU membership is undoubtedly in Serbia’s interest, given that a large part of its foreign trade is conducted with this group of countries.

He added that Serbia continues to face certain inherited challenges, such as the Belgrade-Priština dialogue, which has been progressing at a slow pace in recent years due to Priština’s unilateral actions.

The head of Serbian diplomacy pointed out that Serbia’s foreign policy is significantly influenced by the fact that Belgrade was one of the most prominent capitals of the Non-Aligned Movement, which continues to benefit the country in its communication with Asian, African and Latin American nations.

According to Đurić, Serbia also enjoys substantial economic benefits from numerous free trade agreements, which, in Europe, can only be compared to Switzerland.