Djuric meets with Koopman

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met on Monday with Gert Jan Koopman, director general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, noting that Serbia would by the end of 2027 carry out all reforms necessary for EU accession.

Djuric said he hoped the efforts would be acknowledged by the other side and pointed out that full EU membership was a strategic goal and one of the main foreign policy priorities for Serbia, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

He noted that Serbia was boosting bilateral relations with EU member states, forging new ties and friendships with countries it had had no opportunity to cooperate with more closely until now.

He said Serbia was and remained a pillar of peace of stability in the region and would continue to work on strengthening goodneighbourly relations and cooperation as an indispensable part of the enlargement policy.

Djuric said his ministry would continue to work hard and with commitment on implementing activities aimed at fulfilling Serbia's EU agenda, and noted that meetings with EU member states, especially those in the region, had led to concrete forms of cooperation.