Vucic meets with Sarrazin

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the German government's special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin on Friday to discuss the situation in the region and, among other topics, the outcome of Thursday's Brussels meeting of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Vucic noted that Belgrade remained committed to the EU-facilitated dialogue with Pristina, the presidential press office said in a statement.

He reiterated Serbia's position on all Western Balkan issues - preservation of peace, further strengthening of trust and more versatile regional cooperation.

Vucic noted that the EU integration path was one of Serbia's foreign policy priorities and said he hoped Sarrazin's engagement would contribute further to renewing the enthusiasm for EU enlargement.

The parties also discussed economic cooperation and, in particular, investment potentials opening up in the context of EXPO 2027, a prestigious event to be hosted by Serbia.

Vucic expressed interest in an expansion of German investments given Germany's significance as Serbia's economic partner.

Sarrazin expressed a desire for stronger engagement of the entire Union in terms of the enlargement policy and giving the Western Balkans a new impetus on the European path, the statement also said.