EU "recognizes Serbia's progress"

The European Parliament (EP) president says the message from the EU is that it recognizes the progress Serbia has made.

It is important that Serbia moves closer the EU, Antonio Tajani said in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Tajani arrived here late on Tuesday and today met with Serbian National Assembly President Maja Gojkovic, Tanjug is reporting.

As he said, it is important that a large country like Serbia has a parliament that is "a protagonist in these developments" - while parliamentary diplomacy between the EU and Serbia is "important."

"I think we are on the right track," Tajani said, adding that Serbia is "a large European country in terms of culture, tradition and identity," which, he added, facilitates it moving closer (to the EU), something he " hopes will occur as soon as possible."

The EP president emphasized that in the current situation in the...