BELGRADE, 18 Jan Report of the European Parliament (EP), which demands recognition by Belgrade of the independence of the self-proclaimed Kosovo and the imposition of sanctions against supporters of secession of the territories, is an example of the shamelessness of the West, which understands only force, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.
The head of the Serbian state is in Davos, Switzerland, where, on the sidelines of the economic forum, he met with the EU Special Representative for the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina Miroslav Lajcak and a number of Western and regional politicians. The EP MPs adopted on Wednesday a report on the implementation of the joint foreign and security policy in 20022. The document requires Belgrade to negotiate with Pristina for mutual recognition and condemns Serbia's «permanent low level of alignment with EU foreign policy», especially in the conflict in Ukraine and on sanctions against the Russian Federation. Otherwise, the authors of the report propose to freeze European integration for the Serbs.
«This is not a noose around the neck of Vucic, when the EP comes up with incredible conclusions, especially on Kosovo and Metohija, I will not use another word, this is a noose around the neck of our country … In this document they say — we must call to account and punish all secessionists, but they are secessionists themselves,» Vucic told reporters in Davos.
«They staged a violent secession of our territory (Kosovo and Metohija in 1999 — ed.). To what extent can this shamelessness go? I have no words, they say — it is necessary to condemn those who incite secession, allegedly parts of Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They, who, contrary to the laws of humanity, the UN Charter, the norms of the Security Council, decided to bomb our country and separate part of its territory,» Vucic stressed emotionally.
He noted that in the future «it will be harder for Serbia because of the hypocrisy of Western countries and the irresponsibility of some of their representatives.» According to him, «they understand only force as an argument.»