President Tadic on three-day visit to Greece

Belgrade/Athens, June, 04. 2010 (Serbia Today) – On Tuesday Serbian President Boris Tadic started a three-day official visit to Greece, during which he met with Greek President Karolos Papoulias. Tadic said that Serbia will continue to implement a peace-keeping policy in the Balkans, and thus manifest its support to peace and the European future of the whole region. "However, there is no condition under which Serbia would recognize the independence of Kosovo and we are ready to resume talks on a compromised and mutually acceptable solution for the future status of Kosovo and Metohija after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague passes its ruling", Tadic said. The Greek president pointed out that Athens will continue to offer strong support to Serbia's EU aspirations. Serbia should become a member of the European family in the shortest possible time since that is the country's rightful place, Papoulias stated. Papoulias underlined that regarding the future status of Kosovo and Metohija, Greece will continue to support the search for a solution based on international law and Serbia's territorial integrity. The two presidents discussed the economic crisis that has hit Greece, and Tadic expressed Serbia's solidarity to the Greek people.