Spain wants Serbia's "rapid integration"

Spain will continue to advocate Serbia's rapid integration into the EU even after the ICJ announces its opinion on Kosovo.

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Thursday, 24.06.2010.

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Spain will continue to advocate Serbia's rapid integration into the EU even after the ICJ announces its opinion on Kosovo. This is according to Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who made the statement after his meeting on Wednesday in Madrid with Serbian Parliament Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic. Spain wants Serbia's "rapid integration" The International Court of Justice is expected to rule in the case of the legality under international law of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral independence proclamation. The Spanish minister told Serbian citizens that Spain was their friend on Serbia's irreversible journey to the EU, a statement from the Serbian Parliament said. Spain is one of the five EU member states that have not recognized the independence of Serbia's southern province and Djukic-Dejanovic thanked Moratinos for the principled support to Serbia's efforts toward preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, within its UN-recognized borders, the news release said. Djukic-Dejanovic and Moratinos discussed Serbia's European integration and the parliament speaker stressed the importance of Spain's engagement, as the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Serbia was launched during the Spanish tenure of the EU rotating presidency. The Serbian delegation, which in addition to the parliament speaker also includes Deputy Speaker Judita Popovic and head of the parliamentary Group of Friendship with Spain Nikola Lazic, attended a part of the session at which Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pointed out that significant steps for the Western Balkans' European prospects, particularly in unfreezing the ratification of SAA with Serbia, were made during the Spanish presidency.

Spain wants Serbia's "rapid integration"

The International Court of Justice is expected to rule in the case of the legality under international law of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral independence proclamation.

The Spanish minister told Serbian citizens that Spain was their friend on Serbia's irreversible journey to the EU, a statement from the Serbian Parliament said.

Spain is one of the five EU member states that have not recognized the independence of Serbia's southern province and Đukić-Dejanović thanked Moratinos for the principled support to Serbia's efforts toward preserving its territorial integrity and sovereignty over its entire territory, within its UN-recognized borders, the news release said.

Đukić-Dejanović and Moratinos discussed Serbia's European integration and the parliament speaker stressed the importance of Spain's engagement, as the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Serbia was launched during the Spanish tenure of the EU rotating presidency.

The Serbian delegation, which in addition to the parliament speaker also includes Deputy Speaker Judita Popović and head of the parliamentary Group of Friendship with Spain Nikola Lazić, attended a part of the session at which Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pointed out that significant steps for the Western Balkans' European prospects, particularly in unfreezing the ratification of SAA with Serbia, were made during the Spanish presidency.

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