22 minutes agoDespite EU pressure, Serbia in Euroaziatic trade bloc
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic is expected to sign an agreement today in which Serbia joins a Russian-led Eurasian trade block despite pressure from the European Union. In this way, Serbia will become the first non-Soviet state to enter the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Belarus and Armenia in Europe and Kazakhstan [...]
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic is expected to sign an agreement today in which Serbia joins a Russian-led Eurasian trade block despite pressure from the European Union.
In this way, Serbia will become the first non-soviet state to enter the Eurasian Economic Union, which includes Belarus and Armenia in Europe and Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia.
The pact, to be signed in Moscow, will set Serbia's last step between future EU accession and loyalty with Russia.
The Eurasian trade agreement is not widely supported by public opinion in Serbia.
According to a study whose results were made public this week by the Belgrade-based Bureau for Social Research, only about 17% of respondents supported the movement.
Almost half of the population, 45%, viewed EU membership as the best way for the country.
A third of them said it would be better for Serbia to remain outside the two blocs.
