Tadić on timing of EU candidacy

President Boris Tadic says Serbia would apply for EU candidacy when it was sure of a positive outcome, Beta news agency reported. Serbia's move would come when the nations of Europe were ready to welcome its candidacy with "open arms", he told a conference held at the Serbian parliament, called "The EU and the Lisbon Treaty: A New Chance for Serbia". Tadic on timing of EU candidacy "The time is not too far away, it is near. I have told you enough," Tadic was quoted as saying. The president said he was pleased with the EU's liberalization of visas and the activation of the interim trade agreement with the EU, adding that association with Europe and the preservation of the country's territorial integrity in Kosovo and Metohija remain Serbia's priorities. He added that Serbia was determined to continue its cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, and that the level of that cooperation was at its maximum at the moment, as it would continue to be in the future. "We are doing this for ourselves, and it is an element of a prerequisite for reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia," Tadic remarked. Boris Tadic attends the conference (Tanjug)

Tadić on timing of EU candidacy

"The time is not too far away, it is near. I have told you enough," Tadić was quoted as saying.

The president said he was pleased with the EU's liberalization of visas and the activation of the interim trade agreement with the EU, adding that association with Europe and the preservation of the country's territorial integrity in Kosovo and Metohija remain Serbia's priorities.

He added that Serbia was determined to continue its cooperation with the Hague Tribunal, and that the level of that cooperation was at its maximum at the moment, as it would continue to be in the future.

"We are doing this for ourselves, and it is an element of a prerequisite for reconciliation in the former Yugoslavia," Tadić remarked.