Screening on Chapter 35 held in Brussels

BELGRADE The screening on Chapter 35, reserved for the process of normalization between Belgrade and Pristina in Serbia's EU membership talks, will be held in Brussels. The Serbian delegation will be headed by the minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo, Aleksandar Vulin, and adviser to the president of the republic Marko Djuric. The aim of this meeting is to make to make a cross-section of the progress in the dialogue to date and define future challenges on the pathway. Screening on Chapter 35 held in Brussels The essence of Chapter 35 are the Brussels agreement and others agreements that have been achieved in the process of normalizing relations with Pristina. "The objective are not negotiations on further normalization, because the dialogue is still in charge of that, but keep track of what has been agreed and will be agreed upon during the dialogue," Serbia's chief negotiator in the accession talks Tanja Miscevic said on Tuesday, and added: "It's another forum, a tool for conversation, where Serbia will be able to present the EU and institutions its view of the implementation of all that has been agreed in the normalization, where the basic problems are, what can be done, how much help is necessary..." According to the EU negotiating framework for the talks with Serbia, which was presented on Tuesday at the first intergovernmental conference in Brussels, chapter 35 will be in the focus of the negotiating process along with chapters 23 and 24, which refer to the basic rights, justice, police and security. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule underlined at the press conference that the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, along with internal reforms, is the basic factor in determining Serbia's progress on the European pathway. After the screening, the European Commission will draft a report based on which the European Council will make a decision on the official opening of the talks on this chapter "I firmly believe that the opening of membership negotiations important not only for Serbia but for the entire region. I hope that the success of Serbia will have a wider significance and be an incentive to find solutions based on dialogue," President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, who received the Serbian delegation, said on Tuesday. B92 Tanjug

Screening on Chapter 35 held in Brussels

The essence of Chapter 35 are the Brussels agreement and others agreements that have been achieved in the process of normalizing relations with Priština.

"The objective are not negotiations on further normalization, because the dialogue is still in charge of that, but keep track of what has been agreed and will be agreed upon during the dialogue," Serbia's chief negotiator in the accession talks Tanja Miščević said on Tuesday, and added:

"It's another forum, a tool for conversation, where Serbia will be able to present the EU and institutions its view of the implementation of all that has been agreed in the normalization, where the basic problems are, what can be done, how much help is necessary..."

According to the EU negotiating framework for the talks with Serbia, which was presented on Tuesday at the first intergovernmental conference in Brussels, chapter 35 will be in the focus of the negotiating process along with chapters 23 and 24, which refer to the basic rights, justice, police and security.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule underlined at the press conference that the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština, along with internal reforms, is the basic factor in determining Serbia's progress on the European pathway. After the screening, the European Commission will draft a report based on which the European Council will make a decision on the official opening of the talks on this chapter

"I firmly believe that the opening of membership negotiations important not only for Serbia but for the entire region. I hope that the success of Serbia will have a wider significance and be an incentive to find solutions based on dialogue," President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, who received the Serbian delegation, said on Tuesday.