Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas stressed in Belgrade on Wednesday, on the first stop in his tour of the Western Balkans, the Greek government's will to return as a "dynamic protagonist in the Balkans", with the first aim being the promotion of the European course of the countries in the region.

The "Agenda 2014", as the proposal of the new Greek government to the European Union is now termed, on the European incorporation of the Western Balkans by 2014, was the main issue dicussed by Droutsas and Serb Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic during his arrival here on Wednesday evening, as the two ministers stressed in their joint statements.

Asked about the course of negotiations with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), in light of the December European Council, Droutsas replied that with the Agenda 2014 Greece is expressing its "sincere will to become the locomotive of the European course of the Western Balkans".

"It also has a sincere will towards Skopje (fYRoM) as well which it wants to join the EU, but on the clear precondition of the previous solution to the issue of the name," he said.

"A start to negotiations with Skopje without a previous solution to the issue of the name does not find us in agreement. We have stressed it clearly because we believe that we must speak with clear speech so that there will be no ground for misunderstandings or surprises," he added.

On the same question, Jeremic expressed the "full understanding of Serbia for the position of Greece on fYRoM" and added that Athens "can count on the support of Belgrade on this issue."

The Greek minister also met Serb President Boris Tadic and on Thursday he will be attending the funeral service for Serb Patriarch Pavle and then he will be leaving for Montenegro, while a few hours later he will be in Sarajevo.