U.S. Senate in resolution on Serbia

The U.S. Senate has adopted a resolution congratulating the Sebia's application for European Union (EU) membership, said reports. The resolution also urges the European Council to adopt in a timely manner a clear position on Serbia's qualifications as a candidate country. U.S. Senate in resolution on Serbia “The Senate applauds the people of Serbia for furthering their commitment to democracy, free markets, tolerance, nondiscrimination, and the rule of law,” reads the resolution, which was proposed by senators George Voinovich, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Jeanne Shaheen and Benjamin Cardin. The Senate recalled that the United States views the EU as a source of stabilization, security and prosperity for all of Europe and the world and therefore, encourages Brussels to remain actively engaged with all of the Western Balkans regarding their aspirations for European integration. Furthermore, the resolution points at the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), which considered the EU's readiness to integrate Serbia to the fullest extent into the political and economic mainstream of Europe. The Senate also urges the Serbian government to intensify efforts to capture and transfer at-large indictees Goran Hadzic and Ratko Mladic to the Hague Tribunal and otherwise to fully cooperate with it. The U.S. Senate underscored that a democratically elected government of Serbia has committed to resolving regional disagreements through diplomacy and the tenets of international law and added that it welcomes the decision of the democratically elected Serbian government to join the NATO Partnership for Peace Program in 2006. The Senate recognized the cooperation of the Serbian government with the U.S. government on issues such as democratization, anti-drug trafficking, anti-terrorism, human rights, regional cooperation and trade. The resolution also recalled that the year 2010 marks a full decade of efforts of the Serbian government to reintegrate Serbia into Europe and the global community which has been supported by the United States, including U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden's visit to Belgrade.

U.S. Senate in resolution on Serbia

“The Senate applauds the people of Serbia for furthering their commitment to democracy, free markets, tolerance, nondiscrimination, and the rule of law,” reads the resolution, which was proposed by senators George Voinovich, John Kerry, Richard Lugar, Jeanne Shaheen and Benjamin Cardin.

The Senate recalled that the United States views the EU as a source of stabilization, security and prosperity for all of Europe and the world and therefore, encourages Brussels to remain actively engaged with all of the Western Balkans regarding their aspirations for European integration.

Furthermore, the resolution points at the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), which considered the EU's readiness to integrate Serbia to the fullest extent into the political and economic mainstream of Europe.

The Senate also urges the Serbian government to intensify efforts to capture and transfer at-large indictees Goran Hadžić and Ratko Mladić to the Hague Tribunal and otherwise to fully cooperate with it.

The U.S. Senate underscored that a democratically elected government of Serbia has committed to resolving regional disagreements through diplomacy and the tenets of international law and added that it welcomes the decision of the democratically elected Serbian government to join the NATO Partnership for Peace Program in 2006.

The Senate recognized the cooperation of the Serbian government with the U.S. government on issues such as democratization, anti-drug trafficking, anti-terrorism, human rights, regional cooperation and trade.

The resolution also recalled that the year 2010 marks a full decade of efforts of the Serbian government to reintegrate Serbia into Europe and the global community which has been supported by the United States, including U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden's visit to Belgrade.