"Serbia should double EU efforts"

France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe met with his Serbian colleague Vuk Jeremic on Thursday in Paris. He called on the Serbian authorities to double their efforts towards EU integration and approach the talks with the Kosovo government in an open and constructive manner, according to the French Foreign Ministry website. "Serbia should double EU efforts" The strategic partnership agreement that was proposed by Serbian President Boris Tadic and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy will provide a framework for France to support Serbia's EU integration, Juppe noted. The two ministers discussed the relations between Belgrade and Paris and the partnership agreement, which should be signed soon. Serbia needs to "complete the reconciliation with its neighbors" and achieve full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Juppe was quoted. Jeremic is on a one-day visit to France, where he was also scheduled to meet wit head of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs Axel Poniatowski and president of the France-Western Balkans parliamentary friendship group Jean-Pierre Michel.

"Serbia should double EU efforts"

The strategic partnership agreement that was proposed by Serbian President Boris Tadić and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy will provide a framework for France to support Serbia's EU integration, Juppe noted.

The two ministers discussed the relations between Belgrade and Paris and the partnership agreement, which should be signed soon.

Serbia needs to "complete the reconciliation with its neighbors" and achieve full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Juppe was quoted.

Jeremić is on a one-day visit to France, where he was also scheduled to meet wit head of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs Axel Poniatowski and president of the France-Western Balkans parliamentary friendship group Jean-Pierre Michel.