German-Serbia Minister: Key to EU membership is to support sanctions against Russia

Germany's Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, has declared that Serbia must support Brussels' foreign policy.

Backerbox said it is important to support not only Ukraine, but all other countries that see their future in the European Union, especially those of the Western Balkans.

The “is essential if we do not disappoint countries that see their future in the European Union and fulfill our pledge for membership”, she said.

The German minister also said this is especially true of the Western Balkans, here isolating Albania and Northern Macedonia.

It is our responsibility to open membership negotiations with those countries this half year”, she added, broadcasts the news.net.

Backock also declared it essential for Serbia's membership in the European Union to support sanctions against Russia.

Therefore, according to the German minister in order to head towards the EU, Serbia must support these sanctions imposed on the Russian state following its aggression against Ukraine.

Serbia continues to be among the few states that have not sanctioned Russia, and in the Ukraine situation has continued to be Russian allies.