Either with Russia or with the EU. It was practically this message that the bloc’s head of diplomacy, Josef Borrell, conveyed to Belgrade.
He warned that ambitions for membership in the bloc and close relations with Moscow do not go together…
Harmonization with our foreign and security policy by the countries of the Western Balkans is considered an expansion of their strategic choice and commitment to membership. Maintaining close relations with Putin’s regime is not compatible with building a common future with and within the EU”, said the head of European diplomacy after the end of the meeting with EU foreign ministers held in Luxembourg .
