Tadić, Berlusconi open Serbia-Italy summit

Serbian PM Mirko Cvetkovic and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi signed on Friday in Rome a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership. The signing ceremony was also attended by Serbian President Boris Tadic. Tadic, Berlusconi open Serbia-Italy summit The declaration was signed as part of the Serbia-Italy summit attended by the prime ministers of the two states and the Serbian president, as well as nine Serbian cabinet minister and their Italian counterpart. The document signed today envisages support for acceleration of Serbia's EU integration, privileged bilateral relations and exchange of experts in all sectors. The first summit organized between the two countries started today with a meeting between Tadic and Berlusconi. Three memorandums on cooperation with Italian regions, and a number of agreements covering energy, infrastructure, agriculture, culture, education, military cooperation, internal affairs and environment sectors, are also to be signed. Earlier in the day, Tadic said he had received support from Italy for Greek PM Giorgios Papandreu's plan to have all the Western Balkan countries in EU in 2014. "Serbia considers EU membership to be an irreplaceable strategic goal and we expect that the Greek plan and the plan of its prime minister, 'Agenda 2014', will be realized for the whole of the Balkans. We have gained Italy's support on this issue," stated Tadic. "Italy supports Serbia's EU integration with all its might," said he.

Tadić, Berlusconi open Serbia-Italy summit

The declaration was signed as part of the Serbia-Italy summit attended by the prime ministers of the two states and the Serbian president, as well as nine Serbian cabinet minister and their Italian counterpart.

The document signed today envisages support for acceleration of Serbia's EU integration, privileged bilateral relations and exchange of experts in all sectors.

The first summit organized between the two countries started today with a meeting between Tadić and Berlusconi.

Three memorandums on cooperation with Italian regions, and a number of agreements covering energy, infrastructure, agriculture, culture, education, military cooperation, internal affairs and environment sectors, are also to be signed.

Earlier in the day, Tadić said he had received support from Italy for Greek PM Giorgios Papandreu's plan to have all the Western Balkan countries in EU in 2014.

"Serbia considers EU membership to be an irreplaceable strategic goal and we expect that the Greek plan and the plan of its prime minister, 'Agenda 2014', will be realized for the whole of the Balkans. We have gained Italy's support on this issue," stated Tadić.

"Italy supports Serbia's EU integration with all its might," said he.