The Stabilisation and Association Council (SA Council) between Serbia and the European Union
held its second meeting on 17 December 2014. The meeting was chaired by the Serbian side, by
Jadranka Joksimović, Minister without portfolio for EU integration of Serbia. The EU Delegation
was led by Edgars Rinkēvičs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, and included Commissioner Johannes Hahn.
The SA Council welcomed the official opening of the accession negotiations with Serbia on 21
January 2014 and the ongoing screening process, where Serbian authorities have showed a good level of preparedness. Also, it underlined progress made in a number of important areas including in public administration reform, judicial reform, the fight against corruption and organised crime. The SA Council noted with satisfaction Serbia's ambitious programme of economic and structural reforms and its active involvement in further developing regional cooperation. The SA Council noted that it was important that Serbia maintains an active and constructive engagement in the normalisation process with Kosovo. It also recalled Serbia's obligation from the negotiating framework to progressively align with the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in the process up to accession.

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