Tuesday, January 25, 2022

EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Council, 25 January 2022

 


  •  Council of the EU

EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association 

Council, 25 January 2022

Main results 

The sixth meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council reviewed the state of relations

 between the EU and Serbia.

The participants discussed relations under the Stabilisation and Association Process, 

notably the Accession Strategy, including:

  • COVID-19 pandemic and EU assistance
  • political criteria
  • economic criteria
  • EU acquis
  • pre-accession assistance

Partners also exchanged views on developments in the Western Balkans.

The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Ana Brnabić. 

The European Union was represented by the EU High Representative Josep Borrell and

 the Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi.

Bilateral relations

The partners discussed bilateral relations under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement

 and took stock of Serbia's progress in the preparation for EU membership in light of

 the European Commission's 2021 report on Serbia. 

Since the latest Accession Conference on 14 December 2021, out of a total of 

35 negotiation chapters, 22 chapters have been opened for negotiations, 

of which 2 have been provisionally closed.

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