President "does not expect more EU conditions"

Source: Tanjug

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić says Serbia will meet all obligations it had taken on regarding Kosovo, but that it does not expect more "difficulties" for its EU integration.

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The Serbian president made the remark during his meeting in Belgrade on Thursday with visiting Italian Defense Minister Giampaolo di Paola, his office said.
Di Paola told Nikolić that Italy would strive to give positive signals to Serbia, which expects to get a starting date for accession talks next spring, but that in return Serbia must meet the obligations it had taken on to date in the talks with Priština.

Nikolić noted that his country was interested in advancing cooperation with Italy and could offer excellent conditions to Italian investors, "much better even than some EU member countries."

"Serbia guarantees security to investors, a huge market in the East which is accessible to us, a qualified workforce and a government which no longer tolerates corruption and crime," said Nikolić.

According to the release, Nikolić once against thanked Italy for the engagement of its battalion, serving with KFOR, on the protection of Serbian Orthodox churches and monasteries in Kosovo.