The final meeting of annual Economic and Financial dialogue between the EU and the Western Balkans and Turkey was held on 23 May 2017 during the Economic and Financial Affairs Council – ECOFIN. Serbian delegation was led by Mr. Dušan Vujović, minister of finance and Ms. Jorgovanka Tabaković, governor of the National bank of Serbia. At the meeting, the participants discussed about Economic Reform Programmes for the period 2017-2019 (ERP) which were submitted to the European Commission earlier this year. The representatives of the European Commission, the European Central Bank and EU member states congratulated Serbia on economic growth in 2016 and strong fiscal consolidation that has been implemented. In addition, it was noted that financial stability, especially with a decline in non-performing loans, has been preserved.

Joint conclusions of the Economic and Financial dialogue were adopted the end of the meeting.