Poland offers Serbia assistance on EU membership path: Visiting FM

Source: Xinhua   2016-09-30 23:09:00

BELGRADE, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- EU is waiting for Serbia and Poland is there to make the journey faster, said visiting Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski here on Friday.

Waszczykowski met his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. According to the press release of the Serbian government, Waszczykowski stressed during his meeting with Vucic that his country supports Serbia's EU path and is ready to share useful experience from its accession process.

He also proposed that two countries establish special relations.

"Not only that we need to strengthen our bilateral cooperation, but also to support your European path. We have passed through the process of negotiations successfully, and we would wish to offer you our experience and assistance in the process of negotiations with the EU," he stressed.

He added that he hopes that the topic of continuation and strengthening cooperation with Serbia will be on the table in two months at the meeting of the Visegrad Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).

At a press conference after meeting with Dacic, Waszczykowski once more underlined Poland's readiness to support "the ambition of Serbia to become a member of the EU as soon as possible by exchanging its own experiences and predicting possible problems".

"Poland has many positive experiences from transition and negotiations with the EU and we wish to share them with you," he said, adding that the country also supports Serbia in efforts to overcome the migrant crisis.

Dacic said at a press conference that Poland is an important partner of Serbia and the two countries should realize their agreement on establishing special relations that was proposed earlier at a meeting of Waszczykowski and Vucic.

He said that Poland could prove as an example for Serbia in many segments, because since it became a member of the EU, GDP of that country increased by 50 percent, while it increased its economy by 20 percent under the conditions of the global economic crisis.

Dacic added that the foreign trade between Serbia and Poland is around 1 billion euros and it can be increased even more.

According to the press release of the Serbian government, Vucic talked with Waszczykowski about the bilateral cooperation, Serbia's EU path and the migrant crisis.

Vucic introduced Waszczykowski the economic reforms that the Serbian government undertook and praised "extraordinary results of economic reforms in Poland".

He thanked the Polish government for the support for Serbia's EU path, and stressed Serbia hopes for more investors and tourists from Poland. (1 euro =1.12 U.S. dollars)

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Poland offers Serbia assistance on EU membership path: Visiting FM

Source: Xinhua 2016-09-30 23:09:00

BELGRADE, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- EU is waiting for Serbia and Poland is there to make the journey faster, said visiting Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski here on Friday.

Waszczykowski met his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic. According to the press release of the Serbian government, Waszczykowski stressed during his meeting with Vucic that his country supports Serbia's EU path and is ready to share useful experience from its accession process.

He also proposed that two countries establish special relations.

"Not only that we need to strengthen our bilateral cooperation, but also to support your European path. We have passed through the process of negotiations successfully, and we would wish to offer you our experience and assistance in the process of negotiations with the EU," he stressed.

He added that he hopes that the topic of continuation and strengthening cooperation with Serbia will be on the table in two months at the meeting of the Visegrad Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).

At a press conference after meeting with Dacic, Waszczykowski once more underlined Poland's readiness to support "the ambition of Serbia to become a member of the EU as soon as possible by exchanging its own experiences and predicting possible problems".

"Poland has many positive experiences from transition and negotiations with the EU and we wish to share them with you," he said, adding that the country also supports Serbia in efforts to overcome the migrant crisis.

Dacic said at a press conference that Poland is an important partner of Serbia and the two countries should realize their agreement on establishing special relations that was proposed earlier at a meeting of Waszczykowski and Vucic.

He said that Poland could prove as an example for Serbia in many segments, because since it became a member of the EU, GDP of that country increased by 50 percent, while it increased its economy by 20 percent under the conditions of the global economic crisis.

Dacic added that the foreign trade between Serbia and Poland is around 1 billion euros and it can be increased even more.

According to the press release of the Serbian government, Vucic talked with Waszczykowski about the bilateral cooperation, Serbia's EU path and the migrant crisis.

Vucic introduced Waszczykowski the economic reforms that the Serbian government undertook and praised "extraordinary results of economic reforms in Poland".

He thanked the Polish government for the support for Serbia's EU path, and stressed Serbia hopes for more investors and tourists from Poland. (1 euro =1.12 U.S. dollars)

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