US pressures Serbia on issue, Vulin exacerbated

That was Serbian Defence Minister Aleksandar Vulin's reaction to Hoyt Brian Yee's remarks made Monday in Belgrade, where he participated in the 17th Serbian Economic Summit, reports “92x1>, Periscopi broadcast.

According to Vulin, Yee's statements represent “pressure on our right to independently establish”.

“I don't know what the position of Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq will be, but I am sure he will be able to deal with the pressures, as he has always done”, Vulin said in a statement to “Tanjug”.

But in my name, the minister continued, “I can say they are not statements coming from a friend and a man who respects Serbia, who respects our policy, which respects our right to decide. ”

Serbia will make its decisions, no matter how big are those who think they can decide for us”, concluded the Seal.

US State Department senior official Hoyt Brian Yee said earlier that his country “does not understand” why Russian humanitarian personnel at the Russian-Serbian humanitarian centre should gain diplomatic immunity.

He noted that this was not a “rate in the international community”.

In addition, referring to recent reports that some experienced Kosovo war generals would teach at the Military Academy in Belgrade, Yee said that “for someone sentenced for war crimes to be a professor at a military academy is not a good sign of the government's determination to punish war crimes”.

The American official also stated that countries that want EU membership “should clearly show this. ”

He said these countries “cannot balance between the two sides”, and added that the US is “a partner for Serbia on its way to the” Union.

According to him, these countries should choose one side, “considering how difficult it can be”./Periscopi/