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Jadranka Joksimovic said on Tuesday that she "expected the dynamic of Serbia's EU accession talks to remain good in 2017."

The Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration spoke in Malta on Tuesday, Tanjug reported.

The EU is "the best peace and stability project post-WWII, despite the fact the challenges it faces encourage nationalism, populism and Euroskepticism."

Serbian Minister for without Portfolio for EU Integration Jadranka Joksimovic said this on Thursday.

PARIS - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will speak with French counterpart Manuel Valls in Paris on Thursday, September 15, and President Francois Hollande on Friday, September 16, it has been announced in Paris.

The schedule of the visit, seen by Tanjug, is very ambitious and includes political, European and economic topics.

BELGRADE - Germany will remain a dependable partner of Serbia on its path towards the EU, Michael Roth, Minister of State for Europe at Germany's Federal Foreign Office, told Tanjug after meeting with Serbian Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic Monday.

PARIS - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic will speak with French counterpart Manuel Valls in Paris on Thursday, September 15, and President Francois Hollande on Friday, September 16, it has been announced in Paris.

The schedule of the visit, seen by Tanjug, is very ambitious and includes political, European and economic topics.

"The important thing is that we did everything necessary to open the chapters and that 27 EU members recognized that," says Jadranka Joksimovic.

"It is up to Croatia to assess whether to give its consent (for chapter opening) or not," the Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration added on Tuesday, according to FoNet agency.

Turning towards the future and cooperation is the duty of all in the region, Jadranka Joksimovic said on Wednesday.

Serbia is pro-active and positive in this regard, and it wants progress and European prospects to be a path not only for itself, but the entire region as well, said the minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration in the current Serbian cabinet.

Serbia's minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration says the opening of chapters 23 and 24 are awaiting the approval of Croatia.

Jadranka Jankovic spoke on Friday, in reference to Serbia's EU accession negotiations.

The Serbian government and the European Commission on Wednesday signed a financial agreement approving EUR 84.8 million from IPA 2014 funds to Serbia.

The agreement was signed by Serbian Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, who is also the national IPA coordinator, and Catherine Wendt of the EC Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations.

It would be too ambitious to open 15 EU membership negotiations chapters in 2016, says the Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of EU integration.

However, added Jadranka Joksimovic, "it is important that Serbia is prepared."