Dacic: Serbia is no one's long arm, pursues independent policy

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday Serbia was pursuing an independent and sovereign foreign policy governed by its own interests, and noted that the country was no one's long arm.

At a New Year reception hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for foreign diplomats in Serbia, Dacic said claims by his counterparts from influential countries that Serbia was someone's long arm were very insulting.

He noted that Serbia was an old European state whose people had sacrificed their lives for common civilisational goals.

"Whose long arm were we when we rejected the accession to Hitler's Tripartite Pact on March 27, 1941, or in 1948, when we said no to Stalin?" Dacic said.

"Whose long arm is Pristina when, after 11 years, it is allowed not to implement the Brussels Agreement, guaranteed by the EU?" he added.

"I want you to remember that...