Fajon: Such conflicts send the wrong picture about Serbia

Tanja Fajon, Chair of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC), announces arrival to Belgrade ahead of European Parliament resolution on Serbia in February plenary session.
"We held a meeting with Vrhelyi in December and introduced him to the last round of dialogue in Belgrade. Together with the EP Rapporteur for Serbia, Mr. Bilcik, we will come only if there is mutual interest", Fajon said when asked about a new round of dialogue.
She added that the Committee did not say that there would be new rounds of dialogue, but that it remained on standby, ready to offer assistance in response to developments in Serbia in January or February 2020.
According to her, the fact that the EP was involved in three rounds of dialogue proves that in a deeply polarized atmosphere ahead of the 2020 parliamentary elections, with some of the opposition boycotting the parliamentary elections, there are serious concerns about the conditions for holding the elections.
Fajon is closely monitoring everything that is going on in Serbia, and as "Blic" reports, she regrets the clash of opposition MPs, leader of Dveri Bosko Obradovic and Ivan Kostic with the SNS leader in the Assembly. She underlined that such conflicts send the wrong picture about Serbia.
She added that the Parliament is a place to conduct dialogue, not the street.
"It could be easier for SzS to engage constructively and seize the opportunity to contribute to improving electoral conditions, especially in areas for which they sought change", Fajon says.
Asked if a boycott could undermine the legitimacy of elections in Serbia, Fajon reiterated that she regretted that the SzS remained in favor of a boycott.
"We will continue to monitor the...