LONDON, 18-11-2008

JEREMIC CALLS ON EU TO STRENGTHEN TIES WITH SERBIA

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic has called on the European Union to prepare its arrangements with Serbia, and in a statement for the Financial Times, he noted that Belgrade expects that the decision on the implementation of the Interim Agreement will be reached before December 31, when France will end its EU presidency. The Serbian foreign minister pointed out that in case the European Union continued to hesitate on the matter, we could be faced with a strengthening of nationalist forces in the country, the London daily explained. The Financial Times reported that Jeremic had pointed to a major disappointment which was evident among the workers in Serbia, who had brought victory to the pro-European bloc in the elections. Our honey moon with our voters is about to end, Jeremic said. Our opponents keep asking what is it that we have done in getting the country closer to the EU and securing prosperity, and now we need to have something from the EU to show to the people, the daily quoted the Serbian foreign minister as saying. Serbia does hope, however, the daily quoted Jeremic, that the implementation of the Interim Agreement will begin on December 31, when the French EU presidency will be over.

BELGRADE, 13-11-2008

FOREIGN MINISTER JEREMIC VISITS THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic travels today to the Czech Republic for a visit of two days, where he will deliver a lecture at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Charles University in Prague on the first day of his visit.