Minister of European Integration Tanja Miščević met today with Deputy Director General for Home Affairs at the European Commission Olivier Onidi, who leads a delegation that includes representatives of EU agencies and member states of Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia and Slovakia.
Miščević emphasised that in the previous period, the talks between the European Commission and Serbia in the area of migration management had been intensified. She added that it was an important element of the negotiation process and Chapter 24, i.e. Cluster 1.
The Minister explained that Serbia was actively working to fulfil all elements of the EU Action Plan for the Western Balkans and added that key planning documents in the field of migration—the Strategy for Integrated Border Management and the Action Plan for Entry into the Schengen Area—had been adopted and that, in the previous period, Serbia’s progress in aligning with the EU visa regime had been noted.
“Serbia participates in all regional migration management projects, and we are part of the global alliance to counter migrant smuggling. Also, together with the representatives of the EU Delegation in Belgrade, we are trying to use the projects implemented by Serbia in the field of migration to fulfil interim benchmarks in the EU negotiation process,” Miščević said.
The interlocutors agreed that the EU Action Plan for the Western Balkans, presented by the Commission in December 2022, remained a relevant political response in the field of migration between the European Union and the Republic of Serbia.
