"Serbia did everything, expects Italy's support"
Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vučić has stated that Serbia has done everything in order to get a starting date for the EU membership talks.
Wednesday, 12.06.2013.
09:31
BELGRADE Deputy PM and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic has stated that Serbia has done everything in order to get a starting date for the EU membership talks. Speaking on Tuesday, he added that in Wednesday's talks with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta in Rome he will ask for help with Serbia's EU integration process. "Serbia did everything, expects Italy's support" "We have done everything we were asked to do on Kosovo, we are fighting corruption and undertaking economic reforms. If this is not enough to obtain a date, that is OK, but someone from Brussels needs to come here and explain why to the Serbian people," Vucic said in an interview for Italian news agency ANSA. He underlined that Serbia wants to improve the already excellent relations it enjoys with Italy, adding that he expects its support in the EU integration process. Serbia and Italy enjoy excellent relations, and we want to improve them even more. Italian investments are coming in and they are welcome, but we want more of them, Vucic said. "We expect a date for the beginning of adhesion negotiations to be set at the EU summit in June. This will prove to investors that Serbia is well on the road to Europe, and there will no turning back," Vucic said. The deputy premier pointed to Italy's key role in abolishing visas and pushing for Serbia's candidate status, particularly under the leadership of former foreign minister Franco Frattini. Vucic also said that he would like to boost cooperation in the areas of military and defence. "We have excellent relations, both bilaterally and within the NATO Partnership for Peace program. We are a neutral country, but we have excellent relations with the Atlantic Alliance and with countries such as Italy, whom we must thank for the professionalism of its troops in Kosovo," Vucic said. On Wednesday, Vucic is scheduled to meet with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, Defense Minister Mario Mauro and Italian investors, the agency reported. (Tanjug, file) Tanjug
"Serbia did everything, expects Italy's support"
"We have done everything we were asked to do on Kosovo, we are fighting corruption and undertaking economic reforms. If this is not enough to obtain a date, that is OK, but someone from Brussels needs to come here and explain why to the Serbian people," Vučić said in an interview for Italian news agency ANSA.He underlined that Serbia wants to improve the already excellent relations it enjoys with Italy, adding that he expects its support in the EU integration process.
Serbia and Italy enjoy excellent relations, and we want to improve them even more. Italian investments are coming in and they are welcome, but we want more of them, Vučić said.
"We expect a date for the beginning of adhesion negotiations to be set at the EU summit in June. This will prove to investors that Serbia is well on the road to Europe, and there will no turning back," Vučić said.
The deputy premier pointed to Italy's key role in abolishing visas and pushing for Serbia's candidate status, particularly under the leadership of former foreign minister Franco Frattini.
Vučić also said that he would like to boost cooperation in the areas of military and defence.
"We have excellent relations, both bilaterally and within the NATO Partnership for Peace program. We are a neutral country, but we have excellent relations with the Atlantic Alliance and with countries such as Italy, whom we must thank for the professionalism of its troops in Kosovo," Vučić said.
On Wednesday, Vučić is scheduled to meet with Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, Defense Minister Mario Mauro and Italian investors, the agency reported.
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