Italian FM says Serbia should get candidate status

Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini believes Serbia should get the EU candidate status and a date for the start of accession negotiations by year's end.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 29.06.2011.

10:30

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Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini believes Serbia should get the EU candidate status and a date for the start of accession negotiations by year's end. He told daily Vecernje novosti that Italy was one of the countries that strongly supported the EU integration of the Western Balkans and Serbia. Italian FM says Serbia should get candidate status When it comes to the start date for the accession negotiations, Frattini believes it should be set after the European Commission (EC) delivers its report in October. Frattini noted that during the last foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, he suggested sending a signal to Serbia regarding a continuation of its integration. “The participants of the meeting confirmed their commitment to EU integration, which was an important message to Serbia after it had arrested Ratko Mladic,” he remarked. Commenting on recent mentions of a partition as a way to solve the Kosovo issue, the Italian foreign minister stated it was not the solution. Franco Frattini (FoNet, file)

Italian FM says Serbia should get candidate status

When it comes to the start date for the accession negotiations, Frattini believes it should be set after the European Commission (EC) delivers its report in October.

Frattini noted that during the last foreign ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, he suggested sending a signal to Serbia regarding a continuation of its integration.

“The participants of the meeting confirmed their commitment to EU integration, which was an important message to Serbia after it had arrested Ratko Mladić,” he remarked.

Commenting on recent mentions of a partition as a way to solve the Kosovo issue, the Italian foreign minister stated it was not the solution.

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