Sergei Zheleznyak

Vucic: We want EU integration and good relations with Russia

BELGRADE - As an independent and militarily neutral country, Serbia has chosen EU integration as its foreign policy priority, but this must not, and will not, upset its good relations with Russia, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday at a meeting with Sergei Zheleznyak and Olga Zinovyeva, deputies in the Russian State Duma.

Russian lawmaker: We won't ask Serbia to choose

A Russian lawmaker and ruling United Russia party official in charge of international cooperation says Moscow will not ask Belgrade to choose.

According to Sergei Zheleznyak, Russia understands that Serbia is "in front of the EU - and it would be normal for these relations to continue to develop," but stressed that the EU should respect Serbia's national interests.