EU satisfied with Serbian reforms, PM claims

Serbia’s Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković says that Serbia was told it would get the candidate status if Belgrade continued its dialogue with Priština.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 24.11.2011.

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Serbia’s Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic says that Serbia was told it would get the candidate status if Belgrade continued its dialogue with Pristina. “When other countries were about to get the candidate status the conditions placed before them pertained only to reforms. We were told: 'You will get the candidate status if you continue the dialogue with Pristina and start implementing what you have agreed on.' Both of the requirements are essentially unrelated to reforms,” he told weekly Ekonom:east. EU satisfied with Serbian reforms, PM claims Ahead of December 9, when Serbia's candidate status for EU membership will be decided on, the prime minister said that it might be concluded that the EU was more or less satisfied with the level of reforms in Serbia but by that he did not mean to say that Serbia had finished the job, as it still needed to further the reform process. “In the political domain, we are faced with the problem that was caused neither by the current nor the previous government, but one that has been here for decades. Our position on this issue is quite clear. We do not want to do make any step that would explicitly or implicitly recognize the independence of Kosovo,” Cvetkovic pointed out. The prime minister was asked to comment on the information alleging that some Serbian citizens from Kosovo had applied for Russian citizenship recently. “Formally, every citizen has the right to go public with such a view, but the question is how much this helps solve the problems of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. The fact is that a fair solution to the problems in Kosovo and Metohija has not yet been found, and any solution that is not fair leads to instability and serious consequences,” he explained. Mirko Cvetkovic (Tanjug, file)

EU satisfied with Serbian reforms, PM claims

Ahead of December 9, when Serbia's candidate status for EU membership will be decided on, the prime minister said that it might be concluded that the EU was more or less satisfied with the level of reforms in Serbia but by that he did not mean to say that Serbia had finished the job, as it still needed to further the reform process.

“In the political domain, we are faced with the problem that was caused neither by the current nor the previous government, but one that has been here for decades. Our position on this issue is quite clear. We do not want to do make any step that would explicitly or implicitly recognize the independence of Kosovo,” Cvetković pointed out.

The prime minister was asked to comment on the information alleging that some Serbian citizens from Kosovo had applied for Russian citizenship recently.

“Formally, every citizen has the right to go public with such a view, but the question is how much this helps solve the problems of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija. The fact is that a fair solution to the problems in Kosovo and Metohija has not yet been found, and any solution that is not fair leads to instability and serious consequences,” he explained.

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