Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti the economic cooperation agreement that Serbia is set to sign with the Euro-Asian Economic Union is not political. PM Brnabic is scheduled to travel to Russia in 10 days to sign the agreement. “It does not run counter to the interests of the European Union, it is complementary because Serbia is a country determined to become an EU member which means that economically stronger Serbia is also in the interest of the EU.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic will attend the meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group and of the Western Balkans in Prague on 12 September. The host of the meeting will be Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Serbian media report. This is the first meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group – the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary with the prime ministers of the Western Balkans. The topic of the meeting will be the strengthening of the overall political and economic relations between the two regions.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic met today with Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Serbia, Mochammad Chandra Widya and discussed bilateral relations as well as advancing general cooperation between the two countries, RTS reports. Brnabic welcomed the newly appointed ambassador and noted how much Serbia appreciates principled stance of Indonesia on Kosovo and Metohija.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic pays one-day visit to Spain where she met with the Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister and newly appointed EU High Representative Josep Borrell, Tanjug news agency reports. The main topics of the meeting included bilateral relations, Serbia’s EU integration and Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. Particular attention would be given to Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, given that Borrell would be a mediator in this process, once it gets restored.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said during the opening of an integrated border crossing point Tabanovce-Presevo that Serbia “would enter bilateral agreements”, as long as CEFTA remains suspended because of irresponsible Pristina’s behaviour, BETA news agency reported. She opened the border crossing point together with the North Macedonia Prime Minister Zoran Zaev. Brnabic further underlined that regional cooperation faces major challenges because Pristina introduced the tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus suspending the CEFTA agreement. “This in basis has shake

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic reacting to Pristina’s ban for Serbian passports said that “in quasi-state of Kosovo" one cannot make head or tail of the situation.

When Minister without portfolio Nenad Popovic said “the Brussels Agreement is dead” and there is “no integration into the EU for Serbia anymore,” he was not expressing the view of the Serbian Government, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said on Saturday, TV N1 reported. “Every minister in the government is obliged to implement the agreed-upon policy, those not able to do so are free to leave,” Brnabic added. She also said the Minister Popovic is not competent to comment on the Brussels Agreement as EU integration is not among his responsibilities within the Serbian Government.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said the importance of continuing Belgrade-Pristina dialogue was discussed today during her meeting with EU Enlargement and Neighbourly Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Radio kontakt plus reported. She also expressed a hope an initiative that would enable Pristina to reconsider its stances and turn towards the regional cooperation would emerge. “We spoke about the dialogue; how important it is and how many consequences were there because of its interruption. We did not go into details, because it seems that everything was said in this regard.

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic welcomed yesterday in Belgrade newly-appointed Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko and stated that mutual support and the traditional friendship of the two peoples are the key for the exceptionally good results of Serbia and Russia, Serbian Government announced on its website. The Prime Minister emphasized that it is an exceptional honour and a pleasure for her that the duty of the ambassador of this very important country to Serbia has gone to somebody who knows very well the relations between Serbia and Russia, as well as the

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic expressed hope Pristina leaders would have enough courage and responsibility to change their decisions in order to continue the dialogue, RTS reports. “We are literally ready every day to return to the negotiation table and continue the dialogue.