WikiLeaks: Duplicity of Serbian politicians

Ex-Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen last July told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Serbia had made some progress in its Hague cooperation.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 13.12.2010.

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Ex-Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen last July told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Serbia had made some progress in its Hague cooperation. But, the latest batch of U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks shows that he also expressed fear that Serbia's authorities were making promises which they did not keep. WikiLeaks: Duplicity of Serbian politicians "Serbian officials say one thing to each other, another to foreign press, and a third to their own people," Verhagen was quoted as telling Clinton. At the meeting with Clinton held on July 28, 2009, Verhagen said also said that Serbia did not do its best in cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. He also noted that Serbia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union cannot be unfrozen without full cooperation has been achieved, i.e., until the extradition of fugitive Ratko Mladic. "Although Serbian authorities are pro-European, they are making promises which they do not keep and are interested only in unfreezing SAA," he said. Meanwhile, another cable concerning Serbia shows that Spain's decision to withdraw its KFOR troops from Kosovo without consulting its allies led to a crisis in relations between the U.S. and Spain. One of WikiLeaks partners, Madrid's El Pais, writes that U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden expressed criticism of the Spanish PM's decision. According to this, Biden and Jose Luis Zapatero met in the eastern Chilean town of Vina de Mar in March 2008, and the U.S. vice president criticized the decision, while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "did not hesitate to point out Washington's exasperation with Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos". According to dispatches by American diplomats, during the meeting with Moratinos on March 24, 2009, Clinton pointed out that differences between the U.S. and Spain regarding the Kosovo issue "give rise to tensions in the two countries' bilateral relations", writes El Pais. Boris Tadic and Maxime Verhagen are seen during their meeting in December 2009 (Tanjug)

WikiLeaks: Duplicity of Serbian politicians

"Serbian officials say one thing to each other, another to foreign press, and a third to their own people," Verhagen was quoted as telling Clinton.

At the meeting with Clinton held on July 28, 2009, Verhagen said also said that Serbia did not do its best in cooperation with the Hague Tribunal.

He also noted that Serbia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the European Union cannot be unfrozen without full cooperation has been achieved, i.e., until the extradition of fugitive Ratko Mladić.

"Although Serbian authorities are pro-European, they are making promises which they do not keep and are interested only in unfreezing SAA," he said.

Meanwhile, another cable concerning Serbia shows that Spain's decision to withdraw its KFOR troops from Kosovo without consulting its allies led to a crisis in relations between the U.S. and Spain.

One of WikiLeaks partners, Madrid's El Pais, writes that U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden expressed criticism of the Spanish PM's decision.

According to this, Biden and Jose Luis Zapatero met in the eastern Chilean town of Vina de Mar in March 2008, and the U.S. vice president criticized the decision, while U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "did not hesitate to point out Washington's exasperation with Spain's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos".

According to dispatches by American diplomats, during the meeting with Moratinos on March 24, 2009, Clinton pointed out that differences between the U.S. and Spain regarding the Kosovo issue "give rise to tensions in the two countries' bilateral relations", writes El Pais.

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