Belgrade: Serbia awaits increasing pressure on the EU from Russia
The leadership of Serbia expects increasing pressure from the European Union in connection with failure of Belgrade to impose punishment on capital of Russia, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic. " I expect more pressure on Serbia that it has imposed punishment of Russia, if the conflict in Ukraine will escalate, " the RIA " Novosti " message Dacic, published in the Belgrade daily newspaper " Danas ". According to the Minister, " the EU's position will be formed depending on the development of the situation in Ukraine ". Remember, the relationship between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. At the end of July, the EU and the US from point penalties against individuals and organizations turned to measures against entire sectors of the Russian economy. Serbia until now has not joined these restrictive measures, and analysis of the head of the Serbian diplomacy, the attitude of the EU to the position of Belgrade about to impose sanctions against Russia will change in proportion to the intensity of the conflict in Ukraine. However, before the head of the Serbian government Alexander survived denied that the European Union and the United States issued an ultimatum want to get from Belgrade to 1 September to decide to connect to the sanctions imposed in regard to Russia in connection with the crisis in Ukraine. The survived also said that Belgrade will not introduce sanctions against the Russian capital, but respects the will of the EU and will not provide subsidies for exports to the Russian Federation local producers.