"Holland showing signs of yielding"

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says that Holland is showing signs of relaxing its firm stand on Serbian cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.

Izvor: Tanjug

Wednesday, 29.04.2009.

09:55

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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says that Holland is showing signs of relaxing its firm stand on Serbian cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. In an interview with daily Novosti, Frattini said that Holland accepted the proposal that Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz should visit Serbia in order to ascertain Belgrade's cooperation for himself, pointing out that this could mean the country was finally easing its firm position on the issue. "Holland showing signs of yielding" “The fact that Holland is accepting Brammertz's visit to Serbia is in itself a positive sign, as it implies it has acknowledged that the prosecutor can personally assess the situation in the field,” the minister said. Frattini underlined that, following Brammertz's visit to Belgrade, he saw a chance of Holland finally yielding in its setting of conditions for Belgrade on its path towards integration with Europe. “The Interim Trade Agreement should be unfrozen, and visa regime liberalization begun,” Frattini said. He believes the question of visas will finally be resolved in December this year, or at the beginning of next year. The minister said that the EU had a common approach to the West Balkans’ integration—that it should not be blocked, but, on the contrary, accelerated. “The Road Map should also hasten matters as the European integration process takes too long. All the more so as it depends on long negotiations with each country individually,” he said. Asked whether Italy had changed its mind about Fiat’s arrival in Serbia, Frattini said that the Turin giant would be continuing its engagement in Serbia and that there were no problems on that score.

"Holland showing signs of yielding"

“The fact that Holland is accepting Brammertz's visit to Serbia is in itself a positive sign, as it implies it has acknowledged that the prosecutor can personally assess the situation in the field,” the minister said.

Frattini underlined that, following Brammertz's visit to Belgrade, he saw a chance of Holland finally yielding in its setting of conditions for Belgrade on its path towards integration with Europe.

“The Interim Trade Agreement should be unfrozen, and visa regime liberalization begun,” Frattini said.

He believes the question of visas will finally be resolved in December this year, or at the beginning of next year.

The minister said that the EU had a common approach to the West Balkans’ integration—that it should not be blocked, but, on the contrary, accelerated.

“The Road Map should also hasten matters as the European integration process takes too long. All the more so as it depends on long negotiations with each country individually,” he said.

Asked whether Italy had changed its mind about Fiat’s arrival in Serbia, Frattini said that the Turin giant would be continuing its engagement in Serbia and that there were no problems on that score.

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