PM: Serbia's Nobel move is tactical

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković says the decision not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is a tactical one.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 09.12.2010.

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Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic says the decision not to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is a tactical one. The Nobel Committee decided to this year award Chinese dissident Lui Xiaobo - something that China angrily opposes. PM: Serbia's Nobel move is tactical Cvetkovic said that Belgrade's decision was aimed at maintaining strategic relations with China, and that Serbia observes human rights. “This is Serbia's tactical move aimed at maintenance of strategic relations with China,” Cvetkovic said in Brussels answering the questions of participants of a conference on the EU integration of the Western Balkan countries. He recalled that the representatives of Serbia did not attend the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony to Finland's ex-president and UN Kosovo envoy Martti Ahtisaari, but that "no one ever asked why Serbia failed to appear at that ceremony".

PM: Serbia's Nobel move is tactical

Cvetković said that Belgrade's decision was aimed at maintaining strategic relations with China, and that Serbia observes human rights.

“This is Serbia's tactical move aimed at maintenance of strategic relations with China,” Cvetković said in Brussels answering the questions of participants of a conference on the EU integration of the Western Balkan countries.

He recalled that the representatives of Serbia did not attend the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony to Finland's ex-president and UN Kosovo envoy Martti Ahtisaari, but that "no one ever asked why Serbia failed to appear at that ceremony".

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