“Serbia should participate in all regional meetings”

Serbia should take part in all meetings even if Priština representatives are present, says Serbian government's EU Integration Office Director Milan Pajević.

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Monday, 20.08.2012.

10:30

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BELGRADE Serbia should take part in all meetings even if Pristina representatives are present, says Serbian government's EU Integration Office Director Milan Pajevic. He pointed out that the presence of Serbian representatives at the international meetings had nothing to do with the recognition of Kosovo’s independence. “Serbia should participate in all regional meetings” “Serbia should take part in all regional forums where Pristina representatives are participating because it is in the interest of our country. Self-isolation is counter-productive and it would continue to put us in a passive position and the country that has an opportunity to be the main regional factor should not allow it anymore,” Pajevic told daily Blic. “If it is absolutely necessary to point out our well-known position on the subject, then it is quite enough to read an appropriate text of our representatives at the beginning of each meeting,” he added. “Potential critics of such a position should assure the public that it is good that Serbia did not get EUR 3mn for two projects from the Western Balkans Investment Program because our representatives did not attend a meeting in Vienna in June due to the lack of the footnote (under Kosovo’s name). There are dozens of similar examples,” Pajevic noted. When asked when Serbia would get a date for the beginning of the EU accession talks, he said that the country would get the date once the EU assessed that all the criteria set by the European Council in December had been fulfilled. “Bearing in mind the amount of work, it is not quite realistic to expect it by the end of the year but on the other hand, it would have to be before next summer,” the EU Integration Office director concluded. Milan Pajevic (Tanjug) Blic Tanjug

“Serbia should participate in all regional meetings”

“Serbia should take part in all regional forums where Priština representatives are participating because it is in the interest of our country. Self-isolation is counter-productive and it would continue to put us in a passive position and the country that has an opportunity to be the main regional factor should not allow it anymore,” Pajević told daily Blic.

“If it is absolutely necessary to point out our well-known position on the subject, then it is quite enough to read an appropriate text of our representatives at the beginning of each meeting,” he added.

“Potential critics of such a position should assure the public that it is good that Serbia did not get EUR 3mn for two projects from the Western Balkans Investment Program because our representatives did not attend a meeting in Vienna in June due to the lack of the footnote (under Kosovo’s name). There are dozens of similar examples,” Pajević noted.

When asked when Serbia would get a date for the beginning of the EU accession talks, he said that the country would get the date once the EU assessed that all the criteria set by the European Council in December had been fulfilled.

“Bearing in mind the amount of work, it is not quite realistic to expect it by the end of the year but on the other hand, it would have to be before next summer,” the EU Integration Office director concluded.

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