an hour agoBrian Yee tells Serbia openly, impossible to keep one foot in Russia next to the EU
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Aleksandar Vuciq in the coming days will make public the answers he has given to the US State Department, made during their meeting on Tuesday evening. The conversation between the Serbian president and the US official, held on the early afternoon of the same day, was “very open”, said [...]
The conversation between the Serbian president and the US official, held on the early afternoon of the same day, was “very open”, the statement said, “b92” broadcasts Periscopi.
Yee praised economic reforms and fiscal consolidation conducted by the Vuciqi government and continued with Prime Minister Anna Brnabiq's government, where it expressed its optimism about continued progress in the region in the coming period, the president's press office reported.
Yee ) who is Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs expressed his concern about the perception that Serbia was on one foot on the road to the EU and on the other in terms of a coalition with Russia.
He also voiced concern over Russia's influence in the region”, the statement said.
The US praised Serbia's progress towards achieving its strategic membership in the EU and stressed that further progress in the areas of rule of law and media freedom, as well as normalising relations with Kosovo, would be crucial on Serbia's path towards EU membership.
The two negotiators discussed the importance of continuing dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia, as Yee said.
Yee also stressed the importance of internal dialogue.
The two conversationators discussed freedom of expression, as well as responsibility for objective, fact-based reporting. The American official also stressed the importance of the existence of an opposition in a democratic society.
Yee supported resolving the murder case of the Bytyqi brothers, dating back to 1999.
After the meeting Tuesday, which lasted an hour and a half, the president's government told Tanjug that the conversation was “ably open and fair”.
The US State Department on Monday participated in the 17th Serbian Economic Summit in Belgrade, where it prompted a series of reactions with its statements, including what Serbia “cannot sit in two chairs if it wants to join the EU”.
Yee has said on Monday that the Russian-Serbe Humanitarian Centre in Nis should not be granted diplomatic status.
Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin reacted sharply earlier Tuesday, saying it was the most difficult and undiplomatic <x0); the most difficult public and non-diplomental pressure exercised on our country and on our right to decide independently”. /Periscopi/
