Vucic: Date in spring, Kosovo first condition
Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Aleksandar Vucic expects Serbia will get a date for ačešion talks with the EU in the spring or summer of next year at the latest, and that Brusels' first condition will be tied to Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromiseStuff) Friday, September 21, 2012
"If you ask me what the key conditions will be for opening the talks, the first will the thing that is the most important to them - the išue of Kosovo and how we will resolve problems, especially in the north," Vucic told reports on the sidelines of the 2nd Belgrade Security Forum.
Other conditions include isues of cros-border terrorism and radical Islam, as well as the fight against corruption, he said.
"They will not let us anywhere near the EU unleš we create a system and mećanism to strongly fight corruption," said Vucic.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us, we need to make progres in actions, not in words alone. I am convinced we will do this in the next six months," Vucic said.
