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VARRICCHIO: ITALY TO SUPPORT GIVING SERBIA CANDIDATE STATUS

BELGRADE, Feb. 06 (Beta) - Italian Ambassador to Serbia Armando Varricchio said in Belgrade, on Feb. 6, that Italy would support the European Council granting Serbia the status of candidate member of the European Union at a forthcoming session.
Italy has long been supporting Serbia in its bid to join the EU and all political forces in the country agree, Varricchio told reporters at a rally at the School of Medicine.
The ambassador went on to say that Italy's support to Serbia on its road to EU membership would be confirmed when Gianfranco Fini, head of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, visits Belgrade on Feb. 8.
Italian media announced that Fini would come to Belgrade on Feb. 8 to communicate to the Serbian authorities "the political message" of Italy's support to Serbia's efforts to join the EU.