Antonio TAJANI, EP President, visits Serbia and meets with Aleksandar VUCIC, President of Serbia. He gives a press point and makes a speech at the business event on Investment, Growth and Job creation.

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

EU - Serbia (T)

official visit

Belgrade

VUCIC, Aleksandar (RS)

Official visit by Antonio TAJANI, EP President to Serbia: meeting with Aleksandar VUCIC, President of Serbia, extracts from the press point and extracts from the business event on Investment, Growth and Job creation

Antonio TAJANI, EP President to Serbia meeting with Aleksandar VUCIC, President of Serbia: official cars arrival, welcoming ceremony, handshake, views during the meeting (10 shots) .

SOUNDBITE (Serbian), Aleksandar VUCIC, We are ready to discuss with Mr. Tajani, who understands the difficulty of the Serbian position. Concerning the question of Kosovo, of Belgrade and Pristina, Mr Tajani says the truth, the European Union expects from us to come up with a legal document regarding Pristina, after which we can become a member of the EU.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio TAJANI, Facilitate the access of Serbia into European Union. Serbia is Europe: its history, its religion; I said that in a very clear way: we have common roots and it is right that Serbia at the end of join process will become member of European Union.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio TAJANI, I have condemned, in the name of the European Union and the Parliament, the murder of one of the Kosovar Serbian leader and I ask that killer or killers will be brought to justice, man or woman that doesn&rsquo;t want peace, but it is also important to knows who are the principals of this killers.

Extracts from the Business event on Investment, Growth and Job Creation (to be continued ! )

SOUNDBITE (Italian), Antonio TAJANI, I will meet Mr Plenković the next week in Strasbourg before the meeting that will happen in Zagreb and I will repeat to Mr Plenković all we said today, inviting also Croatia to make step forward in order to find a positive solution for both countries. About what concern the minorities I think that this problems will be solved when Serbia will be part of the European Union because our door will be open.

SOUNDBITE (Serbian), Aleksandar VUCIC, I am grateful to the supporters of our projects, for example in the health sector.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, I believe in Serbia, we believe in Serbia, because we are brothers, and this meeting is not only an economic meeting, it is a political meeting. Through economical diplomacy it is possible to do more, it&rsquo;s possible to work for a good link between our real economy, between Europe and Serbia. Of course is not easy, we need to work, we need to reduce distances, we need to help Serbia and think before 2025 it is possible to have Serbia inside the European Union with Montenegro and other countries.

SOUNDBITE (English), Antonio TAJANI, This is an important message also for the European entrepreneurs. Transparency, democracy are important for more European investment in this country. This is the strong message coming from Belgrade to Europe. They want more European investments, they want to work with us, they want join venture with us, they want to be friends of us, the Serbian companies wants to work with us, for this is important to strengthen this cooperation.