Daily assesses results of "muscle diplomacy"
Although more than 20 heads of state or government have visited Serbia this year, the results of this diplomacy remain unclear, Danas newspaper writes.
Friday, 30.10.2009.
15:45
Although more than 20 heads of state or government have visited Serbia this year, the results of this diplomacy remain unclear, Danas newspaper writes. The liberal Belgrade daily reminds that President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic are attempting to use active – or as the Economic magazine put it, "hyperactive" –diplomacy, to get Serbia to join the EU and preserve the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Daily assesses results of "muscle diplomacy" But the newspaper believes that it remains unclear whether the intensive activity is producing results, and doubts whether it is possible to conduct the country's foreign policy in a Cold War fashion, "relying on the four pillars and trying to balance between the west and the east". "The fact is that a large number of countries support Serbia in its bid to persuade the International Court of Justice that Kosovo's independence is illegal," Danas says. "But the question remains how heavy a blow it would be for the Serb diplomacy if the court's decision does not go in its favor, or if – as many experts are predicting – it remains in the middle, neither here nor there, open for all sides to interpret it." On the other hand, the article says, Serbia's EU membership still seems uncertain, "and the final goal is far away for the citizens, a hazy horizon, far from reality", and adds that "some blame for that certainly lies with the EU leaders". Serbia has won itself "a few applauses and pats on the back", but the country's "allies and 'allies' inside the union" have not managed to persuade the Netherlands that the crime in Srebrenica and the arrest of Ratko Mladic are "irrelevant" when it comes to integrations, writes the daily. "We have learned what we already knew from the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit – that Russia supports Serbia, that we will get a billion-dollar loan and gas under supposedly favorable conditions," continues the article, and says that the visit was described as historic "by some media close to the government". "Still, this visit did strengthen Serbia's regional clout, which official Belgrade could now use constructively," Danas concedes. As for another high level visit earlier this year – that of U.S. Vice Presidnet Joseph Biden – "we learned that the leaders of the two countries agreed to disagree over Kosovo", and that America would "help Serbia join the European family of nations". Several months later, however, says the newspaper, "there are no visible results".
Daily assesses results of "muscle diplomacy"
But the newspaper believes that it remains unclear whether the intensive activity is producing results, and doubts whether it is possible to conduct the country's foreign policy in a Cold War fashion, "relying on the four pillars and trying to balance between the west and the east"."The fact is that a large number of countries support Serbia in its bid to persuade the International Court of Justice that Kosovo's independence is illegal," Danas says. "But the question remains how heavy a blow it would be for the Serb diplomacy if the court's decision does not go in its favor, or if – as many experts are predicting – it remains in the middle, neither here nor there, open for all sides to interpret it."
On the other hand, the article says, Serbia's EU membership still seems uncertain, "and the final goal is far away for the citizens, a hazy horizon, far from reality", and adds that "some blame for that certainly lies with the EU leaders".
Serbia has won itself "a few applauses and pats on the back", but the country's "allies and 'allies' inside the union" have not managed to persuade the Netherlands that the crime in Srebrenica and the arrest of Ratko Mladić are "irrelevant" when it comes to integrations, writes the daily.
"We have learned what we already knew from the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit – that Russia supports Serbia, that we will get a billion-dollar loan and gas under supposedly favorable conditions," continues the article, and says that the visit was described as historic "by some media close to the government".
"Still, this visit did strengthen Serbia's regional clout, which official Belgrade could now use constructively," Danas concedes.
As for another high level visit earlier this year – that of U.S. Vice Presidnet Joseph Biden – "we learned that the leaders of the two countries agreed to disagree over Kosovo", and that America would "help Serbia join the European family of nations".
Several months later, however, says the newspaper, "there are no visible results".
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