"Interim EU agreement in mid-September"

The provisional trade agreement with the EU will take effect mid-next month, an MFA official says. Assistant Foreign Minister in charge of EU Integration Milica Delevic was quoted by the Belgrade daily Blic on Sunday as saying that the trade deal, a part of the SAA, will come into force by this time at the latest. "Interim EU agreement in mid-September" This, Delevic said, will come after Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz's visit to Belgrade, announced for the beginning of September. Commenting on the fact that the EU Council of Ministers had not approved such a move after the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, she said that she would not call this "a hard-line EU stand." "It seems to me that the EU Council of Ministers conclusions of July 22 represent an undoubted support to Serbia, but the European Union has a certain procedure and way of operation which should be observed," Delevic said. The assistant minister added that the organization consists of 27 countries and that it will "take some time for the Council of Ministers conclusion welcoming Karadzic's arrest to turn into the implementation of the provisional agreement".

"Interim EU agreement in mid-September"

This, Delević said, will come after Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz's visit to Belgrade, announced for the beginning of September.

Commenting on the fact that the EU Council of Ministers had not approved such a move after the arrest of Radovan Karadžić, she said that she would not call this "a hard-line EU stand."

"It seems to me that the EU Council of Ministers conclusions of July 22 represent an undoubted support to Serbia, but the European Union has a certain procedure and way of operation which should be observed," Delević said.

The assistant minister added that the organization consists of 27 countries and that it will "take some time for the Council of Ministers conclusion welcoming Karadžić's arrest to turn into the implementation of the provisional agreement".