Dacic calls for soonest possible establishment of Community of Serb Municipalities

BELGRADE - At a meeting with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin, Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic noted the significance of a soonest possible establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija.

The parties agreed that progress in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was of great importance for maintaining stability in the region, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Sarrazin reiterated his government's firm support to full EU membership for Serbia and the region, the statement noted.

The parties agreed that bilateral relations were on a high level and said they were pleased with a dynamic development of economic cooperation, in which Germany has become Serbia's number one trade partner in the past several years.

They exchanged views on regional cooperation and current foreign policy affairs.

The German side announced an October 6 meeting of Berlin Process FMs in Tirana and an October 16 Berlin Process summit.