Media: Serbia will not sink into the American mud

According to Novosti, regardless of the pressure coming from the West, i.e. America, this time on the issue of Afghanistan and the reception of refugees from that country occupied by the Taliban after the withdrawal of international forces led by the USA, Serbia will not accept pressure, and in decision-making, it will be guided by their interests.
The joint statement initiated by the USA was not signed by our neighbors, neither Bosnia-Herzegovina, nor Hungary, and neither Russia nor China, among others.
Interlocutors of "Novosti" emphasize that Serbia is an independent, sovereign state, militarily neutral, that it wants to stay and has the best possible relations with both the West and the East, so it will measure all its moves accordingly. They state that they do not see why they would now "reward" the United States because of the situation in Afghanistan.
They also believe that Serbia's decision not to sign the Washington document has nothing to do with our solidarity with Russia and China, and even less with the argument of our dependence on these countries, but has nothing to do with protecting our interests and demonstrating our independence.
Ognjen Karanovi, from the Center for Social Stability, reminds that Serbia neither persuaded the USA and its NATO allies to intervene in Afghanistan, nor in the end faltered them, as he says, to leave that country in such a shameful way and leave its citizens to the Taliban.

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"Biden has damaged his reputation because of Afghanistan, it has been at an all-time low since coming to the White House and it is to be expected that he will sharpen his rhetoric towards those crises and challenges in the world such as the Western Balkans. Pressures on Serbia and on the positions of...