Verklaring Commissievoorzitter Barroso na ontmoeting met president Servië (en)

"The European Union and Serbia already enjoy strong ties. Indeed, we are, by far, Serbia's biggest trading partner and the main provider of foreign direct investment, grants and loans. But we want to go further. The Commission is strongly committed to helping Serbia advance on the road towards the European Union. I reiterated to President Nikolić that we look forward to working closely with Serbia on key areas such as judicial reform, anti-corruption policy, the fight against organised crime, media freedom, the protection of minorities, and not least structural economic reforms. I expressed my confidence that Serbia will continue to engage positively and constructively in regional cooperation and reconciliation, building on the good work of the past years. I also underlined that the normalisation of Serbia's relations with Kosovo remains an absolutely central condition for moving to the next stage of the EU i process", remarked President Barroso after the meeting with the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolič in Belgrade.