SEE Security Monitor
SEE Security Monitor
Head of the European Union delegation in Serbia Vincent Degert said Kosovo should not be a problem for Serbia to start EU accession talks, Radio Television Vojvodina reported. He noted it has not been a problem during the negotiations on Stabilization and Association Agreement and implementation of the Transitional Trade Agreement.
The start of the discussion on Serbia’s bill on EU membership talks depends both on procedures and real issues over the new Lisbon Treaty, which requires EU institutions to inform the national parliaments about accepted candidatures, Degert noted. In his words, even if June is the deadline for the start of the ratification of the Stabilization and Association Agreement it depends on the expectations of the other EU member states, which wants to check up on Serbia’s cooperation with the Tribunal in The Hague. According to the assessment of the chief prosecutor Serbia will need a year, may be less, to get the status of candidate member state, the head of the EU delegation in Serbia noted.
Source: FOCUS News Agency