German ambassador: EU expects Serbia to join sanctions against Russia

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German Ambassador Thomas Schieb said on Thursday that Berlin and Brussels expect Serbia to join in imposing European Union sanctions against Russia because it is on the road to the Union.

“The EU is a community of values. We have common values and a common foreign policy and the issue of joining the EU sanctions is linked to that,” he told the N1 morning show.

According to the ambassador, Berline is very much aware of the fact that Serbia depends on Russia for energy just like Germany and added that “we want to provide support to Serbia knowing what freeing yourself of energy dependency means”.

“Everything is in Serbia’s hands. The Euro-integration process was created so that candidate countries implement reforms to speed up their progress towards membership. Germany supports Serbia on that path. The faster it aligns with the common foreign and security policy, the faster Serbia will advance on the road to the EU and we support that Serbia fully,” he said.

Schieb said he was gladdened by the high turnout at the April 3 elections. “It’s good that there was no boycott. It’s good to have the opposition in parliament and that is very important for a stable democracy,” he said.