Greece supports Serbia on its way to the EU

Greece is considering future accession of Serbia to the European Union, How geopolitical necessity and actively supports Belgrade on this path.

This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Giorgos Gerapetritis after negotiations in Athens with his Serbian counterpart Marko Djuric. “The meeting gives us the opportunity to once again express Greece’s full support for Serbia’s European path. We must recognize her efforts and contribute in practice to the dynamics of the country's accession process. EU“, – noted Gerapetritis.

He added that The European Union's Western Balkans summit is taking place today in Brusselsand Greece takes a clear position: Serbia's entry into the European Union is a geopolitical necessity. According to the minister, the Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a letter to EU leaders, he proposed to accept the European Commission's proposal to open a third block of negotiations with Serbia.

Regarding KosovoGerapetritis emphasized: “Our position remains firm. Greece supports the dialogue process between Belgrade and Pristina”. He also noted Serbia's constructive approach to the agreement reached in Brussels on the creation of a joint committee on missing persons.

The minister said that they discussed bilateral economic cooperationincluding projects in the field of transport and energy. “We talked about the Piraeus – Thessaloniki – Skopje – Belgrade – Central Europe railway connection and about energy projects such as the vertical corridor and the Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline”he added.

Gerapetritis also noted that 2023 will see a record volume of bilateral trade – about 800 million eurosand even greater growth is expected this year.

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