Dacic: We want to join EU, but love must be mutual

BUDAPEST - No other region in Europe wants to join the EU more than the Western Balkans does, but it also expects "requited love" from the EU, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday after attending the Budapest Balkans Forum.

Speaking to reporters, Dacic thanked Hungary for supporting EU enlargement as well as Serbia's accession to the bloc.

He said the support to Serbia was due to the relationship between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and a great personal contribution by Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto.

Dacic said the Western Balkans expected the EU to "love us as much as we love it" and that no other region on the continent had a greater desire to join the EU.

"Unfortunately, we have faced various kinds of moving targets and new requirements that have come up. I signed the Brussels Agreement and it has remained...

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