Meeting of the CEI Committee of National Coordinators, 15. April 2025

In the opening remarks, Head of the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU, Ambassador Danijel Apostolović pointed out the importance of regional cooperation and the results achieved by the Central European Initiative in terms of promoting economic integration, and its complementarity with the European integration process. He stressed that Serbia has opened 22 out of 35 chapters, of which two chapters are temporarily closed, noting that the goal of the Government of the Republic of Serbia is full harmonization with the legal acquis of the European Union by the end of 2026. Emphasizing the commitment of the new Government of Serbia to meet the requirements for EU accession, Ambassador Apostolović expressed expectations that Cluster 3 would be opened in the negotiations with the EU in the first half of this year.
