Venizelos met yesterday with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić in the framework of his on four-day visit to the capitals of Western Balkan states, in his capacity as President of the Council of the European Union. In joint statements, following the meeting, Venizelos welcomed Serbia’s accession negotiations in the EU which were formally launched on January 21 and underlined that “Hellenic Presidency’s goal is to maintain the pace, to ensure the opening of as many negotiating chapters as possible, as soon as possible, in order to achieve the legitimate goal (…) of the completion of Serbia’s accession by 2020.”

On his part, Dačić welcomed Serbia’s accession negotiations which were formally launched on January 21 and estimated that the accession process would have been completed by 2020. He also noted that Greece was one of the biggest investors in Serbia and estimated that Greek direct investments came to over €2.5 billion.


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