"Opening of two chapters by end of month not uncertain"

An end-of-June opening of chapters 23 and 24 in Serbia's EU accession talks has not been put in doubt, Tanja Miscevic said on Wednesday.

Izvor: Beta

Thursday, 23.06.2016.

09:17

"Opening of two chapters by end of month not uncertain"

Discussions are under way about the text of a common EU negotiating position on chapters 23 and 24, she said, adding that she is not aware of special demands from any country, including Croatia.

"The matter is in the hands of the member states, but let us hope for a positive outcome," Miscevic said.

Diplomatic sources in Brussels told Tanjug on Tuesday that Serbia could open new chapters in its EU accession talks on June 30.

All technical procedures related to coordinating a draft of a common EU negotiating position for Chapters 23 and 24 could be completed by next Monday at the latest within the Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), the sources said.

Without a debate, the green light for opening the chapters could be given at a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (COREPER), scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, the sources said.

An intergovernmental conference could be held in the afternoon of the same day to open the new chapters with Serbia, Tanjug has been told in Brussels.

On June 21, Beta agency said it was told by officials in the EU Council of Ministers that "the chances of an intergovernmental conference between the EU and Serbia on June 30 where key chapters 23-24, on the rule of law and fundamental rights will be opened are slim since Croatia still refuses to entirely give up its earlier demands for Belgrade, and has added more, such as compensation for war victims."

They said that a meeting of the EU Council Working Group for the Western Balkans on June 21 had not harmonized the EU's negotiating stance on opening the chapters with Belgrade, and that the subject would be up for discussion again on June 27.

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