PM speaks about Russia, EU official "doesn't insist"

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PM speaks about Russia, EU official "doesn't insist"

BELGRADE -- During his conversation with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn in Belgrade, Aleksandar Vučić "reiterated Serbia's position on the Ukrainian crisis and Russia."

The EU official in charge of enlargement and neighborhood policy, on the other hand, "did not insist on this subject," reports said on Thursday.

"Once again, before all of you I say what I repeat in front of everyone and in every place, I say the same in Moscow, Washington, Brussels, Belgrade and Kosovska Mitrovica or any other place. Everything that I've been saying about Serbia's policy, about our way to the EU and our stance toward Russia, I said both before Vladimir Putin and before Hahn. We do not have three policies or two policies," Vučić was quoted as saying during a joint news conference.

He reiterated that Serbia policy was being conducted "in the interests of citizens," that the country's strategic objective was "the path to the EU," that sanctions will not be imposed on Russia - and that Serbia "respect the territorial integrity of Ukraine."

Vučić said he told this to Hahn, who was "very kind and did not insist on this subject as much as I wanted to clarify the position of Serbia in the same way I spoke about it on many occasions."

The EU commissioner confirmed that he "did not insist on this point because he followed the statements of Prime Minister Vučić of the Ukrainian crisis," and added that it was "one of the reasons and examples of why Serbia should finally become part of the EU."

"When you're a member of the EU you participate in all councils, formats and in the decision making process. Today I heard his position that was crystal clear, and it is...

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