The Terzic: Serbia will never join the sanctions against Russia
Serbia will not join the EU sanctions that were imposed against Russia because of the situation in Ukraine, said the Ambassador of Serbia in the Russian Federation slavenko the Terzic.
" We do not wish to join the sanctions against Russia, " He said at a press conference on the Last working day of the week.
According to the Ambassador, " punishment is anachronistic political tool, and they do not have the ability to resolve political issues ". He said that punishments are able to suffer European countries as economies are closely interrelated.
" At this point in time, the leadership of Serbia clearly stated that We will never join the sanctions against Russia, " said Terzic.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. After the annexation of Crimea to Russia, and then the outbreak of hostilities in South-Eastern Ukraine, the USA and the European Union has imposed a number of restrictions on organizations, credit institutions and entire sectors of the Russian economy, as well as among them the oil industry. The last package punishment was introduced on 12 September. In response, Russia restricted imports of agricultural goods from a country that has imposed in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
The US and EU do not recognize the annexation of Crimea to Russia and accused Moscow of interfering in Ukraine. Russia denies it and calls the accusations are unacceptable. Western countries since March has repeatedly imposed punishment on a number of Russian politicians, businessmen and organizations and threatened to make wider restrictive measures. The last case of the use of such practices began in September punishment.
A complete list of Russian Citizens and organizations who are under punishment, -