View of Belgrade, Serbia. File photoBELGRADE, Apr 1 Serbia's military neutrality should be confirmed in the country's constitution, Ivica Dacic, chairman of the Serbian Assembly (Parliament), told Sputnik radio station.
"We made a decision on military neutrality, it is based on a lot of negative experience, primarily the bombing, more precisely, the NATO aggression (1999). This decision does not change and, in my opinion, it should be included in the Serbian constitution. I personally think that those who bombed our land are war criminals, and one day they will answer before our, foreign or God's court,» Dacic noted and repeated that someone should be held accountable for the Serbian victims, especially civilians and children.
The Chairman of the Serbian Parliament also suggested that all political parties of the country clearly indicate their position on the country's key issues of attitude towards NATO, Kosovo, sanctions against Russia and other states. «You must determine your priorities. In any case, the priority is not to impose sanctions. I think that our state leadership and the Foreign Ministry were guided by this. Everything else is a matter of political assessment of what is possible and what is not at the moment. I think that this position should be maintained to the end,» Dacic emphasized.
The President of Serbia said that it is easier for him to communicate with Putin than with BidenEarlier Thursday, he said that Serbia should not support Western sanctions against Russia because of the allied Moscow's support for Belgrade on the issue of Kosovo and Metohija in the UN Security Council. In an address to citizens on March 2, President Aleksandar Vucic said that the Serbian authorities supported 4 of the 13 points of the UN resolution to condemn the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, those that do not imply sanctions and do not plan to alienate the property of Russian companies in the country. According to him, the crisis due to hostilities in Ukraine is having a dramatic impact on Serbia, which has come under enormous foreign policy pressure. why Serbia should not impose sanctions against Russia