Serbian foreign minister: Czech presidency will move Serbia closer to EU

Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic is convinced that Czech EU presidency in the first six months of next year will move Serbia and the western Balkans closer to EU membership. He made the statement after a meeting with his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg on Friday. Mr Schwarzenberg said it would still take some time before Serbia was admitted to the EU and stressed that Serbia would have to work hard for it. Czech diplomacy previously announced that bringing the western Balkan countries closer to EU membership was one of its EU presidency priorities.