6 minutes agoBritish MPs demand sanctions on Vuciki after his visit to Moscow
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(a year ago)British MP Emma Lewell, backed by a group of British interparty parliamentary MPs, has been addressed with a letter to Great Britain Foreign Secretary David Lammy, expressing deep concern for Serbia's president's participation, Aleksandar Vuciq, at the military parade organised in Moscow 9 May. In that letter is [...]
That letter has been requested by Great Britain to change access, beginning with the introduction of sanctions on Vuciki and his aides.
“With President Vuciq, Serbia has strengthened ties with Putin, being the only candidate state for EU membership that has not imposed sanctions on Russia despite the terrible crimes committed in Ukraine since 2014. Furthermore, Vuciqi has chosen to destabilise Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Balkan region widely, working closely with Putin's Russia, which looks at distractions from its attempt to completely conquer Ukraine”, is said to be signed by 26 British parliamentarians.
The letter has shown how during Vuciki's rule there has been a decline in democracy. Mass protests in Serbia have also been mentioned.
While it has been said that the policy of British governments has been to support Serbia's Euro-Atlantic integration, in the hope that it will positively contribute and take it away from Putin, it has been said that the May 9th event has proved that this is not happening.
Until that was the goal, the events of May 9th testify again that the Vuciki government does not care for breaking ties with Russia, while actively promoting ultranationalist and expansionist ideology of Great Serbia, which risks bringing the Balkans back into bloody conflict. We call on the Government to change the course, starting with a series of sanctions directed against Vuciqi, the government and its aides, and to use all diplomatic means needed to encourage allies to follow the same route. We're failing to give a clear answer. If we do not act, we risk strengthening the Vuciki regime and failing to preserve peace in a fragile region like the Balkans”, the MP's letter said.
The criticism of participation in Moscow has also taken place by European Union officials.
European Council President Antonio Costa, in Belgrade on Tuesday, commenting on Vuciki's visit to Moscow to mark World War II Victory Day despite Brussels' calls not to go, said Vuciqi explained the holiday was for the past.
However, in the present, Serbia is fully committed to the EU accession process and knows that for this we should have full co-ordination in foreign and security policy. We cannot change history, I fully understand that Serbia celebrates freedom, but we cannot celebrate freedom without condemning today's invasion of another country”, he has said. /Periscope/
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