Isolation would be hard to bear, deputy PM says

Serbian Deputy PM Suzana Grubješić has said that rejection of an agreement with Priština would be bad for Serbia in the long run.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 05.04.2013.

15:42

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BELGRADE Serbian Deputy PM Suzana Grubjesic has said that rejection of an agreement with Pristina would be bad for Serbia in the long run. “The United Regions of Serbia (URS) believes that rejection of the agreement would mean to turn our backs to the future again and in the long run it would push Serbia in a political and economic isolation that would be very hard to bear,” she told Tanjug. Isolation would be hard to bear, deputy PM says Grubjesic added that a failure to get a date for the start of the EU accession talks would not be the only consequences. “The chances of becoming a member would be closed for Serbia in the long run. It is enough to just take a look at our political and social situation to realize what the consequences of the suspension of the EU integration would be,” she stressed. When asked if the suspension of the EU integration would affect already declining trust of the Serbian citizens in the EU, Grubjesic said that Serbia historically, geographically, economically and culturally belonged to Europe and that it was necessary to formalize it. She reiterated that the coalition agreement between the ruling parties envisages speeding up of the EU integration. The first deputy PM said that progress on the EU pathway depended exclusively on the agreement with Pristina. She added that all parliamentary parties should voice their opinion about the offered solution by Tuesday, stressing however that the final decision would be made by top state officials. Grubjesic said that the EU must not be passive bearing in mind that its credibility was on the line. “Failure to reach an agreement would be a failure of the European foreign policy and I do not think they are ready for such an outcome,” she concluded. Suzana Grubjesic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Isolation would be hard to bear, deputy PM says

Grubješić added that a failure to get a date for the start of the EU accession talks would not be the only consequences.

“The chances of becoming a member would be closed for Serbia in the long run. It is enough to just take a look at our political and social situation to realize what the consequences of the suspension of the EU integration would be,” she stressed.

When asked if the suspension of the EU integration would affect already declining trust of the Serbian citizens in the EU, Grubješić said that Serbia historically, geographically, economically and culturally belonged to Europe and that it was necessary to formalize it.

She reiterated that the coalition agreement between the ruling parties envisages speeding up of the EU integration.

The first deputy PM said that progress on the EU pathway depended exclusively on the agreement with Priština.

She added that all parliamentary parties should voice their opinion about the offered solution by Tuesday, stressing however that the final decision would be made by top state officials.

Grubješić said that the EU must not be passive bearing in mind that its credibility was on the line.

“Failure to reach an agreement would be a failure of the European foreign policy and I do not think they are ready for such an outcome,” she concluded.

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