EU official: "Unacceptable and counterproductive" statements

Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday in Brussels with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn.

According to the Serbian government, Dacic, who also serves as first deputy PM, said after the meeting that the goal of Serbia and the Western Balkans is to enter the EU, adding that this goal can only be achieved by making big steps forward, and not by inflammatory statements that return the region to the past.