EU Urges Serbia to Apply Kosovo Accord, Focus on Rule of Law

Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

Serbia needs to improve relations with Kosovo and uphold the rule of law as “crucial” steps in further negotiations on joining the European Union, the bloc’s executive arm said today.

The biggest former Yugoslav republic should implement “in good faith” all agreements reached with Kosovo, its breakaway province, for the accession talks to “proceed smoothly,” the European Commission said in its annual progress report on countries aspiring to join the 28-member bloc.