 Đukić also delayed the trial by not attending the hearings for purported health reasons (hospitalisations at the Military Medical Academy).In 2018 experts claimed that Đukić was temporarily incapacitated and delayed the trial for one more year.According to the EU's 2016 interim benchmarks for chapter 23 of the EU accession negotiations, Serbia is expected to "engages in meaningful regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations in handling of war crimes by avoiding conflicts of jurisdictions and ensuring that war crimes are prosecuted without any discrimination.