"Hungary provides strong support for Serbia's EU accession and partnership with Serbia in numerous areas"

Photo: Tanjug/Milos Milivojevic

Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic spoke today in Belgrade with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto about Serbia's European path, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries and the situation in the region.

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Joksimovic expressed Serbia's complete readiness to continue further reform processes on the path to accession to the European Union and stressed that we expect a political intergovernmental conference to be held during the current presidency of the Czech Republic, as a new step in the accession process.

"Even in very difficult geostrategic circumstances, which significantly affect the quality of life globally, including citizens of Serbia, we continue to implement all the reforms from the accession process, which will further contribute to the sustainability of our society as a whole, especially in the field of economy and the rule of law," Joksimovic said.

She added that our common key tasks are to ensure stable supply of energy and food during the winter, primarily in cooperation with European partners and in enhanced and solidarity-driven coordination with Hungarian neighbors, said a statement.

Minister Szijjarto said that Hungary provides strong support for Serbia's accession to the EU and partnership with Serbia in numerous areas.

He particularly stressed that Hungary recognizes the importance of the "Open Balkan" regional initiative, as an additional joint effort to maintain stability and peace in the region and accelerate the prosperity of the Western Balkans, as well as the path towards membership in the Union.

Joksimovic and Szijjarto positively assessed the efforts to initiate cooperation between European states within the framework of the European political community, stressing that this format is not a substitute for full membership in the EU, which remains Serbia's main foreign policy priority.

(Telegraf.rs)