Miscevic: Serbia obliged to align visa regime with Schengen lists

BRUSSELS - Serbia's European Integration Minister Tanja Miscevic said on Wednesday Serbia was under an obligation to align its visa regime with the Schengen white list and black list.

Speaking to Tanjug after attending a European People's Party conference on EU integration of the Western Balkans, Miscevic said the obligation resulted from the integration process.

She said Serbia needed to introduce visas for countries included in the EU visa regime.

"You have seen we have done that with six countries since the beginning of this year alone. The positive list must be aligned, too, by excluding some states from our visa regime because they are on the Schengen white list," Miscevic said, adding that Mauritius was the latest country to be excluded from Serbia's visa regime.

She said a working group led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had prepared an action plan and that the next step was a plan for making a visa policy, which is a part of the EU accession talks process.