Ties with Russia, "our special interest"

Minister Jadranka Joksimović told B92 on Thursday that <a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2014&mm=11&dd=20&nav_id=92317" class="text-link" target= "_blank">EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn</a> "set no ultimatums before Serbia."

Izvor: B92

Thursday, 20.11.2014.

17:06

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Ties with Russia, "our special interest"

"The government's position is clear. Every candidate country (for EU membership), and even every member-state, has a right to that special interest that is defined in an article, I won't quote all of it now - that is defined as being 'of essential importance to a country'," she said, and added that "for Serbia, that special interest is its relationship with Russia."

"To us, as a candidate country facing difficult economic reforms, this economic aspect is very much important, not to mention the good political relations with the Russian Federation, and we treat that as our special interest. And I must say we really have not heard an ultimative stance that we must impose sanctions," the minister stated.

Asked "for how long Serbia can have an obligation to align its policy with the EU, and at the same time maintain special relations with Russia," Joksimović said:

"During the negotiations, chapters remain open until they are completely harmonized. We are expected to have completely aligned policy the moment we join the EU as a full-fledged member. At the same time, the common foreign and security policy is not entirely coherent among member-states themselves, and they don't always have a united stance on everything."

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