Kacin: Serbia will not acquire status of candidate in 2011

European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin stated today that the report of Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on the cooperation with Serbia would be negative and hinted that Serbia was not going to acquire the status of a candidate.

Kacin told news reporters after the talks with Chairman of the government's Anti Corruption Council Verica Barac that Brammertz was extremely dissatisfied with the cooperation with Serbia and that his opinion would be negative.

- The European Commission may give a positive opinion and recommend a country for a candidate, but it does not make final decision on the status. That is up to heads of countries and governments of 27 member states to decide and I think that the public in Serbia already knows that the position of Netherlands was very clear after the visit of Serge Brammertz to Serbia - he said.