Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has met today with Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Christodoulides and has said that Cyprus is a friendly country that has shown extraordinary understanding for Serbia’s European path.

Joksimović has stated that Serbia and Cyprus not only have no outstanding issues, but are also two countries that support each other in the most important matters, such as territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Serbia is far on its European path, and when it will achieve the goal, namely, membership in the European Union, depends on both Brussels and Belgrade. European officials informally refer to 2025 as the framework year of accession, which, according to our interlocutor, is an indication that Serbia is seriously counted on. Although it seems to some that the aforementioned year is far away and that the process of association is slow and conditioned, reforms that ensure membership, and perhaps the most important - better society as a whole, continue to be implemented.

Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has spoken with Chair of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee Eduard Kukan on the continuation of Serbia’s European integration, pace of the implementation of reforms, situation in the region, migrant crisis and other important topics.

Serbia’s entry into the European Union in 2025 is a realistic objective, while the reforms that we are pursuing on this path should result in a better life for citizens and their satisfaction with their state, institutions and quality of life, Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimović has highlighted for daily Kurir. The EU, she said, is still the best place to live and work. She has added that Serbia receives EUR 200 million in grants annually from the Union.