Dačić: Poland will support EC recommendation

WARSAW Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Monday that Poland will support the recommendation to open negotiations on Serbia's entry into the EU. The recommendation was made earlier this week by uropean Commission (EC) and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. Dacic: Poland will support EC recommendation Dacic, who took part in the Salzburg Forum's Ministerial Conference held in Warsaw on April 23-24, met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after which he told a press conference that the meeting testified to the new climate in the international community regarding Serbia. “Poland is important to us, as it is participating in the KFOR and EULEX missions in Kosovo and Metohija,” said Dacic. He added that it would be good if Poland remains in the missions, stressing that this would be met with a positive reaction from the Serb people in Kosovo-Metohija. Dacic said that his Polish counterpart expressed his country's full support for Serbia's EU integration. The Serbian prime minister pointed out that Serbia's relations with Poland are of great importance because this country's economy is one of the strongest in Europe and among the top ten economies in the world. Dacic said that Poland is a country with greatest investment inflow in the EU, adding that its trade with Serbia amounts to around half a billion euros and that this was the reason why he and Prime Minister Tusk reached an agreement on the promotion of political and economic relations. Dacic said that some twenty Polish firms have already expressed interest in investing in Serbia. Some of them would like to invest in the Resavica mine and a meeting with interested Polish investors will be organized in Katowice, Poland, next month. Speaking about the Salzburg Forum (SF), also called the Salzburg Group, which is composed of regional interior ministers of eight European countries and one observer country, Dacic pointed out that Serbia said has played a very active role in the work of the SF ever since its inception. He said that Serbia finds this forum to be very important because it facilitates bilateral cooperation between countries of southeastern Europe and the Western Balkans concerning a number of security issues, such as the fight against the illegal sale of weapons and management of emergency situations, or civil protection. (Beta, file) Tanjug

Dačić: Poland will support EC recommendation

Dačić, who took part in the Salzburg Forum's Ministerial Conference held in Warsaw on April 23-24, met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, after which he told a press conference that the meeting testified to the new climate in the international community regarding Serbia.

“Poland is important to us, as it is participating in the KFOR and EULEX missions in Kosovo and Metohija,” said Dačić.

He added that it would be good if Poland remains in the missions, stressing that this would be met with a positive reaction from the Serb people in Kosovo-Metohija.

Dačić said that his Polish counterpart expressed his country's full support for Serbia's EU integration.

The Serbian prime minister pointed out that Serbia's relations with Poland are of great importance because this country's economy is one of the strongest in Europe and among the top ten economies in the world.

Dačić said that Poland is a country with greatest investment inflow in the EU, adding that its trade with Serbia amounts to around half a billion euros and that this was the reason why he and Prime Minister Tusk reached an agreement on the promotion of political and economic relations.

Dačić said that some twenty Polish firms have already expressed interest in investing in Serbia. Some of them would like to invest in the Resavica mine and a meeting with interested Polish investors will be organized in Katowice, Poland, next month.

Speaking about the Salzburg Forum (SF), also called the Salzburg Group, which is composed of regional interior ministers of eight European countries and one observer country, Dačić pointed out that Serbia said has played a very active role in the work of the SF ever since its inception.

He said that Serbia finds this forum to be very important because it facilitates bilateral cooperation between countries of southeastern Europe and the Western Balkans concerning a number of security issues, such as the fight against the illegal sale of weapons and management of emergency situations, or civil protection.