[Global Network Report] According to the Tass news agency, Serbian President Vucic once again expressed his position on sanctions against Russia on the 9th local time. He said that he cannot swear that he will not impose sanctions on Russia in the future, but Serbia stands firm and has not taken relevant measures so far.
"I can’t swear that we won’t do that (imposing sanctions on Russia). I can’t swear because it is irresponsible, but our position is very firm. So far, we haven’t done that." Vucic told Serbian Happy TV.
According to the report, Vucic said that Serbia had quickly made a decision on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine at the National Security Council of the country. "We (Serbia) don’t impose sanctions on the Russian Federation. I wrote a conclusion in the Serbian National Security Council. We negotiated every word, but I wrote it myself," Vucic said. "We made clear Serbia’s policy word by word, even if it sometimes cost."
Since Russia launched a special military action against Ukraine on February 24 last year, the EU has announced a number of sanctions against Russia, involving energy, finance and other fields. However, Serbia has always insisted on not joining the EU sanctions against Russia. Vucic said on August 30th last year that Serbia would not consider changing its policy on sanctions against Russia. He also said that if Serbia’s pressure on sanctions against Russia in the past six months is written into a book, it will be thicker than Marx’s Das Kapital.
According to a report by RIA Novosti last month, Vucic said on the 11th of that month that Serbia might have to impose sanctions on Russia because of western pressure on Serbia. Vucic believes that the time will come soon when Serbia is forced to do so. "Let me stall for as long as possible. I will not hide anything from the people. " However, according to media reports, Serbian President Vucic, who was visiting Abu Dhabi on the 21st of the same month, said in an interview with the media that Serbia has its own policies, which are serious, responsible, independent and independent, and it is the only country in Europe that insists on not imposing sanctions on Russia. He said that Serbia’s situation will become more and more difficult in terms of sanctions against Russia, but he believes that he can adhere to his own policies in the future.