Serbia’s foreign minister chastised US diplomats for insisting his nation pick a side between Russia and the American bloc. Belgrade, which has maintained a delicate balance between different blocs in its foreign affairs, told the Americans that they would continue to pursue “what is in our own best interest.”
During a visit to Belgrade, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee told Serbian leaders that their nation "cannot sit on two chairs at the same time." He pushed for Serbia, which was part of the non-aligned communist country Yugoslavia during the Cold War, to choose membership in either the US or Russian bloc. No prizes for guessing which bloc Yee would prefer.
But Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, a member of the left-wing coalition government, insisted that Serbia would continue to maintain balanced ties with the US, Europe, Russia and China. "What we do not want is that someone pulls our own chair from under us… what is important is to see what is in our own best interest," Dacic told Reuters.
(Sputnik)
4/11/17
During a visit to Belgrade, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Hoyt Brian Yee told Serbian leaders that their nation "cannot sit on two chairs at the same time." He pushed for Serbia, which was part of the non-aligned communist country Yugoslavia during the Cold War, to choose membership in either the US or Russian bloc. No prizes for guessing which bloc Yee would prefer.
But Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic, a member of the left-wing coalition government, insisted that Serbia would continue to maintain balanced ties with the US, Europe, Russia and China. "What we do not want is that someone pulls our own chair from under us… what is important is to see what is in our own best interest," Dacic told Reuters.
(Sputnik)
4/11/17
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