Vucic arrives in Tivat, participates in the EU Western Balkans summit

Photo: Tanjug/Jadranka Ilic

President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has arrived in Tivat in Montenegro, where he will participate in the two-day EU Western Balkans summit.

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During the summit, President Vucic will have a joint meeting with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Antonio Costa, President of France Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

Vucic will also have bilateral meetings with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fitz, Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin and other participants in the Tivat summit.

President Vucic said earlier on Thursday, after a meeting with Antonio Costa, that he will go to Montenegro for the EU Western Balkans summit,despite BIA's warning that his life is in danger, and pointed out that it is important that he represents Serbia there.

Vucic said that Serbia has great expectations from the summit in Tivat, stating that he hopes there will be an announcement during that summit about a possible change in the methodology for joining the EU.

"I was satisfied during our talks (with Costa) and with everything that we have to do, but I would also say with a new dynamic around the negotiations and the methodology, so I believe that we will have better results in that regard," said Vucic.

He added that he promised Costa abd Ursula von der Leyen that he would attend to the summit, that he was not afraid to go to Montenegrom and that he would talk about it much more once he's there.

The summit of the leaders of the European Union and the Western Balkans is being held in Tivat under the slogan "Shared prosperity and stability of the EU and the Western Balkans", the main topic of which will be EU enlargement.

The gathering will be chaired by President of the European Council Antonio Costa, who was previously on a tour of the region, while President of Montenegro Jakov Milatovic will act as the host.

The EC website said that it is expected for the leaders of the countries of the Western Balkans and the EU to discuss EU enlargement and the Growth Plan, as well as that the EU will repeat its full and unequivocal commitment to the perspective of membership for the Western Balkans.

One of the topics will be how to face common challenges and strengthen security and resilience, in the context of an increasingly complex geopolitical background, as well as how to increase cooperation in matters of foreign, security and defense policy.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)