Tadić acclaims Serbia’s “peaceful policies”

President Boris Tadic says that Serbia’s strategic goal is EU membership and that the country will resolve all its problems peacefully using diplomatic means. Tadic said that Serbia’s policies were peaceful and that Serbia was one of the inevitable actors in the stability of South-East Europe. Tadic acclaims Serbia’s “peaceful policies” He said that Europe and the world could depend on Serbia in this respect, speaking at a training exercise for students at the Military Academy near Cuprija. “Even though we are at a military exercise today,” the president said, “the essence of the defense of Serbia’s territorial integrity, regardless of all the temptations, is pursuing peaceful policies and using diplomatic and legal means.” Tadic said that this was why Serbia had decided to transfer the issue of Kosovo to legal territory. Boris Tadic (Tanjug) Tadic to meet with Sarkozy in Paris President Boris Tadic will travel to Paris tomorrow on a two-day trip, where he will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Ahead of the trip, French Ambassador Jean-Francois Terral said that Serbia was, in every way, “the backbone of the region,” and that that position made her specially preordained to integrate into the EU. “President Tadic's visit to Paris has the aim of helping Serbia move forward, particularly on the path to her European future,“ said Terral. “We want firm partnership relations in all areas, especially in the area of political dialogue, economics, security and culture,“ said the ambassador. “And that’s because we believe in Serbia as a partner and because we think that we really do have lot to work on together. Serbia’s future is in the EU, it has no alternative, and that’s simply a historic movement that applies to all European countries,“ he added. Speaking of Serbia’s European integration process, Terral noted that the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement had been the first, irreversible step. The ambassador said that Paris, like the other EU member-states, was committed to cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, but that, like the vast majority of member-states, he believed that cooperation had improved markedly since the formation of the current government. “Now a consensus needs to be reached within the EU itself,“ he explained. “We’re working on it and we have good reason to believe that there will be talk of this in Paris during President Tadic's visit,“ said Terral. “What we want is for Serbia to progress on the path towards achieving its European goal, for its own good and because it’s the will of its citizens, but also for the sake of the stability and prosperity of the region, where she occupies a central place,“ said the ambassador. “At the same time, Serbia should work seriously on implementing all the necessary reforms. Simply speaking, it’s the rule of the game and all countries that have joined the Union have taken that path. And Serbia is no exception there,“ he stressed.

Tadić acclaims Serbia’s “peaceful policies”

He said that Europe and the world could depend on Serbia in this respect, speaking at a training exercise for students at the Military Academy near Ćuprija.

“Even though we are at a military exercise today,” the president said, “the essence of the defense of Serbia’s territorial integrity, regardless of all the temptations, is pursuing peaceful policies and using diplomatic and legal means.”

Tadić said that this was why Serbia had decided to transfer the issue of Kosovo to legal territory.

Tadić to meet with Sarkozy in Paris

President Boris Tadić will travel to Paris tomorrow on a two-day trip, where he will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Ahead of the trip, French Ambassador Jean-Francois Terral said that Serbia was, in every way, “the backbone of the region,” and that that position made her specially preordained to integrate into the EU.

“President Tadić's visit to Paris has the aim of helping Serbia move forward, particularly on the path to her European future,“ said Terral.

“We want firm partnership relations in all areas, especially in the area of political dialogue, economics, security and culture,“ said the ambassador.

“And that’s because we believe in Serbia as a partner and because we think that we really do have lot to work on together. Serbia’s future is in the EU, it has no alternative, and that’s simply a historic movement that applies to all European countries,“ he added.

Speaking of Serbia’s European integration process, Terral noted that the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement had been the first, irreversible step.

The ambassador said that Paris, like the other EU member-states, was committed to cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, but that, like the vast majority of member-states, he believed that cooperation had improved markedly since the formation of the current government.

“Now a consensus needs to be reached within the EU itself,“ he explained.

“We’re working on it and we have good reason to believe that there will be talk of this in Paris during President Tadić's visit,“ said Terral.

“What we want is for Serbia to progress on the path towards achieving its European goal, for its own good and because it’s the will of its citizens, but also for the sake of the stability and prosperity of the region, where she occupies a central place,“ said the ambassador.

“At the same time, Serbia should work seriously on implementing all the necessary reforms. Simply speaking, it’s the rule of the game and all countries that have joined the Union have taken that path. And Serbia is no exception there,“ he stressed.