Serbia is not afraid, because of the failure to impose penalties with regard to Russia, It will delay their entry into the European Union, said the President Tomislav Nikolic.
the state's " Big seven " And the European Union have imposed penalties regarding Russia, placing her significant share of the blame for the Ukrainian crisis. Serbia 2012, an official candidate for accession to the European Union.
" Europe will definitely try even harder to ask Serbia to impose sanctions against Russia. And, may be, such an attempt be made in the near future. Because Europe insists on that part of the contract of our accession to the EU, where the story is about mutual foreign policy, " said Nikolic in an interview to the program " Vesti on the first day of the weekend " with Sergey belevin. However, According to the President of Serbia, there are always exceptions.
" in reality, Europe has no common foreign policy on any issue. For example, respect for Kosovo And Metohija. If there is a common foreign policy, how It was that the five member countries of the European Union has not recognized the independence of Kosovo And Metohija? This Is Slovakia, Romania, Spain, Greece, Cyprus. And It's much more serious than the imposition of punishment in respect of the 1st of the Country. This means, If there are exceptions, they must be for all, also for Serbia, " He added.
Nikolic said that he is not afraid to delay the accession of Serbia to the EU because such a policy." When we decided to have a dialogue with the European Union, we did not speak about the punishments of Russia ", - noticed Nikolic.
He also explained the current policy of the Serbian authorities regarding the EU And Russia is different from the policy of the authorities of Ukraine in the previous year." Part of the Ukraine wanted with the European Union, And the second Part with Russia. Serbia is not divided in this sense. She wants And with Russia And the European Union. And It must provide us And Russia, And the European Union, " He concluded.
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 States since March, has repeatedly introduced penalties against 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, -
in response, Russia has restricted the import of food items from countries that have introduced in relation to penalties: USA, EU, Canada, Australia And Norway. A ban were beef, pork, poultry, sausages, fish, vegetables, fruits, dairy products And some other products.
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