Vucic meets with Johansson: The safety of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija is a priority

Photo: Tanjug/Milos Milivojevic

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic met today with EU Home Commissioner Ylva Johansson, and stressed in conversation with her that Serbia continues to work actively on the process of harmonizing its visa policy with the EU and that in this sense, in addition to the implementation of additional measures, on introducing a visa regime for those countries from which the largest number of abuses are registered.

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Vucic expressed his gratitude for the support and assistance of the European Union in managing migrations, as well as for the fact that our country's efforts in regulating the migrant crisis have been recognized, since Serbia has seriously and responsibly accepted its part of obligations from the beginning, thereby greatly contributing to general security of EU and its citizens, the presidential press service announced.

Speaking about the current issues within the dialogue with Pristina, Vucic particularly stressed that he expects the EU to treat the security of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija as a priority in the coming period, as well as for this topic to be discussed at all subsequent meetings within the dialogue, including, above all, urgent formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), the statement says.

Vucic reiterated that Serbia's full membership in the EU remains one of the foreign policy priorities of our country and its strategic commitment, and emphasized sincere commitment to the reform process on our European path.

Commissioner Johansson said that Serbia has proven to be a close, reliable and responsible partner of the EU in solving the problem of migration, as well as that it is of great importance for the EU to continue providing strong support to the European integration of Serbia, with which it wants even closer cooperation in all areas of importance and of mutual interest, the statement concluded.

(Telegraf.rs)