Serbia will continue the European integration process with all its might in order to achieve its ultimate goal - membership in the European Union, Serbian President Boris Tadic stated on June 8 in Belgrade.

Opening a meeting between the foreign ministers of Italy, Romania and Serbia in Palace Serbia, Tadic said he was confident that Serbia would remain a key factor of stability in the region, as well as a leader of administrative reforms and in the fight against organized crime.

Speaking on the abolishing of visas for EU countries, Tadic said that it was difficult for citizens of Serbia and other Western Balkan countries, 20 years after the introduction of democratic systems, to understand that they still required visas to travel to EU countries.

The Serbian president underlined that in Serbia, as well as in the region, there was a need for reforms in its system of values. Because of that, he added, cooperation with the Hague tribunal should be interpreted as a wish to build confidence with European partners and to change that system of values.

Tadic said that cooperation with the Hague tribunal was not only an obligation, but also a requirement for making change to the system of values.

The president pointed out that the economic crisis was one of the greatest challenges that the countries of both the region and the EU were facing.

Tadic appealed that everything be done in order that the crisis not turn into a crisis of institutions and values, because of which cooperation between the region and the EU was very important, particularly in the areas of energy and infrastructure.