Izvor: N1 televizija, 09.Okt.2018, 15:09   (ažurirano 02.Apr.2020.)

Serbia’s FM says EU and West are unfair toward Serbia

The European Union remains Serbia’s strategic goal, but the bloc and the West have an unfair attitude toward Belgrade, the country’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said in Romania on Tuesday, the Beta news agency reported.

Addressing the gathering “Security Challenges in the Balkans,” Dacic said Serbia “will not recognise Kosovo (as an independent state) at any cost because the question is not >> Pročitaj celu vest na sajtu N1 televizija << – either EU or Kosovo.”

“Our strategic aim is to become an EU member state, but we cannot join unless we reach a legally binding agreement with Kosovo. But, has anyone in the EU knows what is in that agreement? Does it mean that Serbia will have to recognise Kosovo,” he asked.

He added that Serbia wanted a peaceful solution, but not humiliation, adding “it is cynical that countries which recognised Kosovo speak against border changes.”

“In the EU they say no to border changes, but what about Serbia’s borders? They erased them first, and now - no more changes. We don’t accept that, whether it comes from Brussels, Washington, Moscow. Catalonia cannot secede, Kosovo can. That is not fair, Dacic said.

He added that the international community should understand the Balkans better and that Belgrade has been trying to exercise a balanced foreign policy respecting Serbia’s strategic interests, adding Serbia could not impose sanctions on Russia “the country which is defending Serbia’s territorial integrity at the UN.”

“How can we understand that someone insists on the territorial integrity of Crimea and Ukraine, while recognises Kosovo,” the minister asked.

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