"Unfair to insist on new deals, Pristina ignores previous"

But the insistence on signing other agreements was unfair as Pristina was failing to comply with some of the fundamental regional agreements, Brnabic noted.

Speaking after a meeting with EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, she said Serbia's EU path and activities aimed at reforms and regional connectivity - "everything that is within the framework of the Berlin Process and needs to lead to a more integrated and more stable region"- had been the fundamental topics.
She said they had also discussed a regional agreement on roaming charges.
"We have certain reservations towards a regional agreement that is coming at a time when Pristina continues to insist on violation of the CEFTA agreement and on 100 percent taxes on products from central Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina," she said, thanking "everyone from the European Commission for unambiguously calling Pristina to withdraw this decision on these taxes."
The prime minister noted that unfortunately Pristina still insists on taxes that are a hurdle to all other regional initiatives,
"Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic and President Aleksandar Vucic and I have reiterated that Serbia is committed to regional cooperation. Our position is that there is no regional security, economic prosperity for any country of the region without regional cohesion and stability," Brabic said, adding that for this reason, "we are considering ways in which Serbia can sign this agreement."
According to Brnabic, it is not fair that there is further insistence on signing regional agreements when some of the basic regional agreements are not respected by Pristina.
Brnabic added that Serbia remains committed to a region that is strong,...