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Austrian, Finnish, Swedish ministers: Serbia on right path

Then foreign ministers of Austria, Finland and Sweden have voiced belief that Serbia is right on track to joining the EU, Tanjug has reported.

They also said they were "willing to help the country become a full-fledged member-state."

HELSINKI - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic began a one-day visit to Finland on Monday by taking part in a business forum organised by the Finnish national agency Finpro, which represents 550 Finnish companies.

HELSINKI - Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja commended Serbia's progress on the path towards the European Union, adding that Finland is looking forward to the day when the agreement on Serbia's EU accession will be signed.

Finnish colleague Erkki Tuomioja he is scheduled to partake in a seminar on the future of OSCE and its role in Europe's security arena.

The visit to Helsinki will be an opportunity to exchange opinion with the Finnish party before Serbia assumes the OSCE chairmanship in 2015, the Ministry said.

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred on Monday with Finnish Ambassador to Serbia Pekka Orpana, Serbian Foreign Ministry said in a release.

Ambassador Orpana extended to Dacic the official invitation by Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja to visit Finland.

Dačić attends Council of Europe ministerial meeting

VIENNA -- First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dačić is in Vienna where he will take part in the 124th ministerial meeting of the Council of Europe, the Serbian MFA said.

Upon arriving in Vienna, Dačić conferred with Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz late on Monday, according to the ministry.