Dacic after meeting with Di Maio: Serbia wants to know whether or not there will be EU enlargement

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, who visited Belgrade on Monday, met with Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

After the meeting, Di Maio and Dacic addressed the media in a joint conference.

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Serbia's foreign minister said Serbia wants a clear response from the EU about whether or not there will be enlargement to the Western Balkans.

"It's important for us to know whether or not the EU will go into further enlargement. That is why our request to Italy is to get a clear answer whether the Union wants Serbia or not. No bad feelings, we just to know what the situation is," Dacic said after his meeting with the Italian foreign minister.

Dacic said this was important because there are many bilateral problems in the region, for the solving of which the European future of the Western Balkans is important.

Di Maio said that EU's enlargement to the Western Balkans was crucial for Italy and that Rome is pointing this out to all EU members.

"I believe that at a time when the EU is facing Brexit, it's good to expand its horizons. We will do everything we can to make the EU clearly commit to enlargement," Di Maio said.

The Italian foreign minister also met with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and was scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.

(Telegraf.rs)