Tadić: No foreign military bases in Serbia

Boris Tadić has told a Moscow daily that there will be no foreign military bases in Serbia while he is president.

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Wednesday, 30.01.2008.

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Boris Tadic has told a Moscow daily that there will be no foreign military bases in Serbia while he is president. “As far as the idea of having Russian military bases in Serbia, every military base calls for the existence of military, weapons, missiles…Serbia needs to live, not with foreign armies and missiles, but with its own people. Our country will not become hostage to another country, and as long as I am president, there will be no foreign military bases on our territory,” Tadic said. Tadic: No foreign military bases in Serbia The president and Democratic Party leader said that Serbia saw “Russian support as very important,” and that he was very thankful for Russia’s help in defending Serbia’s territorial integrity. He said that Serbia was at a “historical crossroads” and that the citizens had to decide what direction they wanted to go. Tadic said that his real competition was not the presidential candidate of the Serb Radical Party, Tomislav Nikolic, but the party leader Vojislav Seselj, who is on trial at the Hague Tribunal. “I tell all the citizens of Serbia, and even those who voted for Nikolic in the first round, that every vote for him is a vote for Seselj, his policy of conflict, hate, sanctions and isolation,” said Tadic. He said that Serbia was deciding whether it would move courageously towards a European future or return to 1999, a year of isolation, the violation of human rights, violence, poverty, economic problems and humilation for Serbian people in the eyes of theworld. The DS presidential candidate added that he would never back down from the European goal, nor from preserving Kosovo, and that his policies would continue to focus on the European future and Serbia's territorial integrity. “We will sign the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement. This document does not give Kosovo up. It will improve the standard of living and will strengthen our economy. Only a strong and stable Serbia can protect Kosovo,” Tadic said. He added that Serbia wanted to become a candidate for EU membership by the beginning of 2009. Boris Tadic (Beta)

Tadić: No foreign military bases in Serbia

The president and Democratic Party leader said that Serbia saw “Russian support as very important,” and that he was very thankful for Russia’s help in defending Serbia’s territorial integrity.

He said that Serbia was at a “historical crossroads” and that the citizens had to decide what direction they wanted to go.

Tadić said that his real competition was not the presidential candidate of the Serb Radical Party, Tomislav Nikolić, but the party leader Vojislav Šešelj, who is on trial at the Hague Tribunal.

“I tell all the citizens of Serbia, and even those who voted for Nikolić in the first round, that every vote for him is a vote for Šešelj, his policy of conflict, hate, sanctions and isolation,” said Tadić.

He said that Serbia was deciding whether it would move courageously towards a European future or return to 1999, a year of isolation, the violation of human rights, violence, poverty, economic problems and humilation for Serbian people in the eyes of theworld.

The DS presidential candidate added that he would never back down from the European goal, nor from preserving Kosovo, and that his policies would continue to focus on the European future and Serbia's territorial integrity.

“We will sign the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement. This document does not give Kosovo up. It will improve the standard of living and will strengthen our economy. Only a strong and stable Serbia can protect Kosovo,” Tadić said.

He added that Serbia wanted to become a candidate for EU membership by the beginning of 2009.

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