During his first visit to Belgrade in two years, Verhagen said that the Netherlands will keep a close watch on Serbia and other Balkan countries' progress in meeting the EU criteria for membership, promising a "strict, but fair" assessment.
Tokom svoje prve posete Beogradu u poslednje dve godine, Ferhagen je rekao da će Holandija pažljivo pratiti napredak Srbije i drugih balkanskih zemalja u ispunjavanju kriterijuma EU za članstvo, obećavajući "strogu, ali pravednu" ocenu.