Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Brussels on Tuesday, the government’s media relations office said in a release.
Vucic will attend a meeting of prime ministers of the Western Balkan countries organized by EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc, which will focus on developing infrastructure network in the context of EU enlargement.
During his stay in Brussels, Vucic will meet with President of the European Council Donald Tusk, EU Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Vucic and Tusk will talk about Serbia’s progress in the EU accession process and the dialogue on the normalization of relations with Pristina, Tanjug’s correspondent reported from Brussels.
Before the meeting with Tusk, Prime Minister Vucic will attend a ‘Western Balkan Six’ conference on the integration of the region’s transport services into the common European network.
The conference will address infrastructure projects aimed to provide a more effective transport links between the region’s capitals, harbors and financial centers, and help Western Balkans become a gateway rather than a bottleneck in the EU transport network.
The office of the Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn announces that first concrete project proposals will be presented at the conference.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic will also attend the mini-summit of Western Balkan countries.
The Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, facilitated by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, is expected to resume on Tuesday afternoon, the release states.
