Belgrade won’t sanction Moscow but will help Brussels with embargo evaders, President Vucic said
After the EU once again pressured Serbia to “align” with the bloc and sanction Russia, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday his country’s territory can’t be used to bypass the embargo. The EU says Serbia’s eventual membership is important but demands Belgrade recognize the breakaway province of Kosovo and sanction Moscow, both of which Vucic said he does not intend to do.
“No one can bypass the sanctions through Serbian territory, because we do not engage in crime or war profiteering,” Vucic said at a press conference in Belgrade, after meeting with the EU’s enlargement commissioner Oliver Varhelyi.
The Hungarian diplomat came to cajole Vucic into attending the December 6 regional summit in Tirana, which the EU sees as crucial for further expansion in the Balkans. The Serbian leader said earlier he would stay home in protest over a…
