Informal briefing on recent developments and efforts made by Serbia in the context of fulfilling the requirements under the Chapter  23 and Chapter 24 was held in Brussels on 3 October 2017.

After the introductory statement delivered by H.E. Ambassador Hrustanovic, the state of play in negotiation process and the information on activities and progress achieved in the context of Chapters 23 and 24 were presented by Ms Tanja Mišćević, Head of Negotiating Team of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Čedomir Backovic, Assistant Minister of Justice and Head of Negotiating Group for Chapter 23, Mr. Zoran Lazarov, Acting Assistant Minister of Interior and Head of Negotiating Group for Chapter 24 and Ksenija Milenković, Assistant Minister of European Integration.

The briefing was attended by the representatives of Working party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), the European Commission and the European External Action Service, who participated actively in the discussion which followed after the presentation of the developments in these areas.