Selakovic, Danielsson discuss aligning justice standards

BELGRADE - European Commission's (EC) Director General for Enlargement Christian Danielsson and Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic discussed alsinging standards in the field of justice in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Danielsson said that progress of the entire society was conditional on the quality of justice and the rule of law, according to a release from the Ministry of Justice.

Selakovic said that Serbia's negotiating team for Chapter 23 was working on technical aspects of the Action Plan for implementation of EC recommendations, which would be sent to Brussels for comments and suggestions.

Speaking about the fight against corruption, he said that Serbia would soon and for the first time have a strategy for financial investigations in that field.

When it comes to the respect for human and minority rights, Serbia has a good legal framework, but it is not implemented to the extent that is necessary, Selakovic said. A working group has therefore been set up to draft an action plan that will determine the manner and pace of implementation of regulations relating to the position of national minorities, the minister added.

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