Ambassador Gori meets with Serbian minister for EU integration

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 02 SET - The Ambassador of Italy to Serbia, Luca Gori, met today with the Minister for European Integration, Tanja Miščević. The talks allowed to express mutual satisfaction with the reactivation of the "Antonione Protocol" and to take stock of the status of Serbia's accession negotiations with the European Union. In relation to the "Antonion Protocol," Ambassador Gori took positive note of the forthcoming publication of new tenders in order to restart joint projects in the five areas under the cooperation program: energy, education, agriculture, environment and health.
    Ambassador Gori discussed with Minister Miščević the status of reforms needed by Belgrade to progress towards the goal of EU membership and stressed the importance of making significant progress especially in the field of rule of law and alignment with the Common Foreign and Security Policy. He also discussed Minister Miščević's possible visit to Rome in view of the EU Commission's publication of the "Enlargement Package" in October and the December European Council.
    The Ambassador reiterated "Italy's strong support for Serbia's entry into the European Union and the importance of working for an acceleration of the Enlargement process to the Western Balkans, especially in the new geopolitical context dictated by the conflict in Ukraine". (ANSA).