"Attempts to make negotiating framework stricter"

Ivica Dačić has said that he expects a positive decision of the European Council on the start of Serbia's EU accession talks.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 27.09.2013.

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BELGRADE Ivica Dacic has said that he expects a positive decision of the European Council on the start of Serbia's EU accession talks. At the same time, the prime minister noted that "Serbia will probably face Germany's conditions regarding Kosovo and Metohija." "Attempts to make negotiating framework stricter" “We are in a constant contact with Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest associates since the continuation of our European path depends maybe mostly on Berlin. This government is not repeating the mistakes of the previous one which did not fully realized the significance of the best possible relations with Germany,” Dacic said for Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti. However, there are attempts to make a stricter negotiating framework, which should define the years-long process that Serbia has to go through on its EU membership pathway. Dacic underlined that Serbia "will do it all" so that Germany would not be able to say “no” in December. “In this integration phase Germany will set certain conditions and they will be acceptable if they do not jeopardize our state interests,” the prime minister said. When asked whether it is acceptable to require the negotiating framework to include an agreement on good neighborly relations with Pristina, Dacic said that unfortunately the negotiating framework does not depend on Serbia, but this document is passed by the EU General Affairs Council. “In the draft framework, chapter 35 refers to the normalization of the Belgrade-Pristina relations, but there is also an idea that this issue should be mentioned in almost all chapters. Other EU countries oppose this. I hope that a compromise will be reached and that by the end of the year or early next year we will start the negotiations,” the prime minister said. (Beta, file) Tanjug Vecernje novosti

"Attempts to make negotiating framework stricter"

“We are in a constant contact with Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest associates since the continuation of our European path depends maybe mostly on Berlin. This government is not repeating the mistakes of the previous one which did not fully realized the significance of the best possible relations with Germany,” Dačić said for Belgrade daily Večernje Novosti.

However, there are attempts to make a stricter negotiating framework, which should define the years-long process that Serbia has to go through on its EU membership pathway.

Dačić underlined that Serbia "will do it all" so that Germany would not be able to say “no” in December.

“In this integration phase Germany will set certain conditions and they will be acceptable if they do not jeopardize our state interests,” the prime minister said.

When asked whether it is acceptable to require the negotiating framework to include an agreement on good neighborly relations with Priština, Dačić said that unfortunately the negotiating framework does not depend on Serbia, but this document is passed by the EU General Affairs Council.

“In the draft framework, chapter 35 refers to the normalization of the Belgrade-Priština relations, but there is also an idea that this issue should be mentioned in almost all chapters. Other EU countries oppose this. I hope that a compromise will be reached and that by the end of the year or early next year we will start the negotiations,” the prime minister said.

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