Kostunica: Political neutrality only path for Serbia

BELGRADE - The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) held a closing election rally in Belgrade, and the party's leader Vojislav Kostunica underlined anew that the country should abandon the EU integration path as the policy of neutrality is the only freedom for Serbia.

Kostunica said at Centre Sava on Wednesday evening that the party will stand for election with the proposal of the new state policy, as up to this points the state policy dealt only with further EU integration, forgetting Serbia's development.

"This policy subjected the interests of Serbia to the interests of the EU," Kostunica said, stressing that Serbia should cooperate with the EU and other states, but not to its detriment.

Therefore, Serbia's EU entry is not a national interest, he said, adding that the EU encouraged secessionists in Kosovo-Metohija to declare an independent state, then recognized the independence of that territory, sent EULEX to Kosovo, and finally forced "the servile leadership to negotiate good neighborly relations".

The DSS leader repeated the essence of the party's program- the economy of political neutrality and not squandering of Serbian land, military neutrality and not NATO membership.

Vladeta Jankovic, one of the founders of the DSS, said that the party will strive to ensure that citizens be the one to decide about their future- by a referendum on the country's EU entry.

DSS Vice-President Nenad Popovic noted that the party is the only that presented a concrete, economic and political program, and underlined that there is no economic growth while the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) is being implemented.

According to Popovic, Serbia lost EUR 2 billion in the last six years, which is...