Military of the European Union

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will meet with EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels on Wednesday before he pays a visit to NATO.

At the NATO headquarters, he will meet with the alliance's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and address the ambassadors of NATO member states at a North Atlantic Council meeting.

PM Ana Brnabic said in Brussels that EU membership is the most important foreign policy goal and that Serbia remains focused on cooperation with the Union.

President Aleksandar Vucic said after meeting with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini that Serbia received support for the continuation of the EU road.

"We talked about regional issues. Stability and peace are a fundamental interest both for Serbia and the EU," Vucic wrote at Twitter after the meeting in Brussels.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini believes that the EU has the strongest influence in the Western Balkans region.

"I am not worried about the influence or the presence of any of the other partners that countries in the region can have" Mogherini said, and added:

The defence and foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Romania on Monday signed a joint notification of intent to join the EU Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO, which was set up to enable closer military cooperation and integration between EU member states.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini believes that the EU has the strongest influence in the Western Balkans region.

"I am not worried about the influence or the presence of any of the other partners that countries in the region can have" Mogherini said, and added:

European Union countries on Monday officially launched a new era in defense cooperation with a program of joint military investment and project development aimed at helping the EU confront its security challenges.

Most of the European Union's member states have signed up to a plan for closer defence co-operation.

The UK and Republic of Ireland are among five states not participating.

The other 23 are now committed to the permanent structured military co-operation ("Pesco") plan to boost their defence budgets and joint capabilities.

The European Union has reacted to the engagement of convicted war criminal General Vladimir Lazarevic at the Belgrade Military Academy.

The Government adopted a decision on Bulgaria's accession to the joint notification to the Council of the European Union and the High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy of the EU, which will initiate a procedure for the establishment of a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PSC) in the field of defense of the Union, reports actualno.