BELGRADE, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus will pay a two-day working visit to Serbia at the invitation of Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic and meet with top Serbian officials, reports said on Sunday.

    On the first day of his visit on Monday, Klaus will meet with Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, Serbian parliament speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic and Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas, the Serbian official news agency Tanjug reported.

    Klaus will on Tuesday visit the Serbian northern province of Vojvodina, where he will be hosted by Vojvodina Executive Council President Bojan Pajtic, said the reports.

    In an interview with the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, Klaussaid that as Prague takes over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, one ofits priorities will be trying to bring Serbia closer to the organization.

    According to EU officials, Serbia is expected to make a formal application for EU membership in January if a forthcoming assessment of its cooperation with UN war crimes investigators was not strongly critical of the Belgrade government.

    Klaus, who is known for his Euroscepticism, said that he did not accept everything from the EU unconditionally and that he refused to look upon the EU integration process uncritically.

    "The process has its advantages and its price," he said in the interview, which will be published on Monday.