Djuric: Serbia wants relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states

SKOPJE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with European External Action Service Deputy Managing Director Marko Makovec in Skopje on Thursday, noting that Serbia was sincerely committed to reforms that were significant for its EU integration and was striving to build a relationship of trust and cooperation with all EU member states.

Djuric said EU membership was Serbia's strategic commitment and foreign policy priority.

"We want to have as active discussions as possible with EU states to inform them of plans implemented to date, as well as of future plans, in the field of European integration," Djuric said at a meeting held on the sidelines of a South-East European Cooperation Process summit, the Serbian MFA said in a statement.

Speaking about the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, Djuric noted that Serbia was the constructive party in the dialogue and that it must speak clearly about Belgrade's position and Pristina's obstructions in talks and implementation of agreements.

He also informed Makovec of the situation of Serbs in Serbia's southern province.

He said peace and stability in the region were one of Serbia's priorities and that Serbia devoted great attention to advancement of regional cooperation and building the best possible goodneighbourly relations.

Previously, Djuric also met with North Macedonian President Gordana Siljanovska Davkova to discuss deepening of bilateral cooperation in all fields, in the economy in particular.