Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told reporters in Brussels on Thursday that Belgrade met all the criteria required under the Western Balkans Growth Plan.

“We did everything, signed everything and I think only one country is here without meeting the criteria,” he said after a working lunch for the leaders of six Western Balkan countries given by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

“Our installment is 112 million Euro. That includes 32 million as a gift and 80 million Euro is a 40 year loan. That is almost free money under the most favorable conditions and is part of the public debt, just so the public knows,” he said.

According to Vucic, the most important thing are reforms not money. “True reforms are of the greatest importance for us. A total of 1.58 billion Euro are earmarked in the Growth Agenda for Serbia, including 380 million in grants and 1.2 billion in favorable loans. Part of that are budget funds and part is project financing,” he added.

Vucic said that a single regional market is the basic condition to join the single European market. “Everyone who accepts that, stays in the game, who doesn’t is out. We are staying in the game, we want an open Western Balkans, free flow of goods and service,” he said.

The Serbian President said that Pristina accused “Serb terrorists of climbing into trucks carrying school books and milk”. “I replied very strongly to that,” he said.

Vucic said talks about European integration and new chapters would be organized in December but added that this depends on political conditions.

The President said that he discussed Serbia’s membership in the Single European Payment Area (SEPA) next year with Von der Leyen and voiced the conviction that this would happen on January 1 2025.