Foreign relations of Serbia

BRUSSELS - The future of the Western Balkans is in the EU, European Council President Antonio Costa said in Brussels on Tuesday evening after an informal dinner with Western Balkan leaders, also attended by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

"Let's work to make it happen," Costa wrote in a post on X.

BERLIN - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Monday in Berlin, where he attended the 10th anniversary Berlin Process summit, that Serbia remained committed to the EU path as its main strategic geopolitical objective and that the impression after the summit was that Germany wanted to see the Western Balkans in the EU.

Holders of Serbian passports issued by the Coordination Service of Serbia in Kosovo can now travel to European Union countries without the need for a visa, according to a report by Serbian national television RTS.

BELGRADE - This is the "golden age" of Serbia-Turkey relations, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Belgrade on Friday, noting that the relations were governed by economic relations.

Greece will continue to spearhead the integration of Western Balkan states into the European Union, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis confirmed during a ministerial meeting in Berlin, part of the "Berlin Process."

STRASBOURG - An EU directive abolishing visas for holders of Serbian passports from the autonomous province of Kosovo-Metohija, issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate, was signed in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said Monday's decision by the Council of the EU to abolish visas for holders of Serbian passports from Kosovo-Metohija, issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate for the province, was a "small but important" victory for human rights of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

TOKYO - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic, who is heading a Serbian state and business delegation on an official working visit to Japan, said on Wednesday there was great potential for further development of Serbia-Japan economic relations and that work on signing a bilateral agreement on investment protection must be expedited.

STRASBOURG - At the proposal of rapporteur Matjaz Nemec, the European Parliament on Tuesday approved visa liberalisation for holders of Serbian passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate for Kosovo-Metohija, which operates as part of the Serbian Interior Ministry.

On the eve of the summit, Vui assessed that connecting economies, removing obstacles and progressing towards a single market are "big goals that lead to the essential development" of Serbia and the region and a better future for all citizens.