He added that it was possible to secure Germany's support for getting a starting date for the EU accession talks.
“Serbia has never had higher credibility in Germany,” he stated.
Summing up impressions from his visit to Germany, Vučić told Radio
Television of Serbia (RTS) that Serbia had great prospects for obtaining
the date for the start of the EU negotiations.
“There are still some things that Germany will insist on, and some of them are not easy,” he said.
“We are representing Serbia… There are some things that would not be
easy, or realistic, to implement. However, most things, I am sure, we
can do and I am sure that we can secure their support for the date,” the
deputy PM explained.
He voiced hope that Serbia would get a
date for the EU entry talks this time, although “it will not be the end
of life” if it failed to do that.
Vučić expects a good signal
from Germany, understanding for what Serbia has done in several recent
months, and a message for Serbian citizens that they are welcome to the
EU.
He said he was encouraged by the fact that the Serbian
delegation, which also included Serbian Deputy Prime Minister for EU
Integration Suzana Grubješić and Chairperson of the parliamentary
Committee on EU Integration Milica Delević, was well-received.
Vučić said that not all tasks that were ahead of Serbia in the coming
weeks were related to Kosovo but that a part of them referred to
reforms, as reform processes had not been completed. He expects that the
Justice Ministry in particular will do its part of the job.
“It is essential for economic recovery that Serbia be granted a date, as
the creation of favorable political, economic and legal frameworks will
encourage some of the largest German companies, as well as investors
from other parts of the world, to come to Serbia,” the first deputy PM
said.
“The economic cooperation with Germany is a vital national interest for Serbia,” he stressed.
On Thursday, Vučić met in Berlin the Deputy PMs of Croatia and
Montenegro, Neven Mimica and Igor Lukšić respectively, with whom he
discussed the improvement of bilateral cooperation.
He said
that he had talked with Mimica about the improvement of relations with
Croatia, although the two states would never be able to agree on certain
things from the past.
(Agencije/Frotnal)
