Pisonero: We expect Serbia to implement recommendations from ODIHR report

BRUSSELS  - European Commission spokesperson Ana Pisonero said at a Brussels press briefing on Thursday the EC expected Serbia to implement "as rapidly as possible" recommendations from a report to be released by ODIHR and noted that it was ready to support Serbia to implement them.

Asked by Tanjug about the EC's stance on the recent elections in Serbia given the position taken by the European Parliament in a draft resolution that was passed in Strasbourg shortly afterwards, Pisonero responded:

"We will not comment on the draft resolution yet. I think that our position when it comes to the elections was very clearly reflected in the joint statement that was published by HR/VP (Josep Borrell) and (Enlargement) Commissioner (Oliver) Varhelyi and we, obviously, are looking forward to the final report by OSCE/ODIHR and we obviously expect Serbia to implement as rapidly as possible the recommendations in the report and we will be, of course, ready to support Serbia to actually implement these recommendations," she said.