By promoting unrecognised Kosovo to the Council of Europe, the European Union proved that it does not care about Serbia, so Belgrade should prioritise the development of relations with its partners outside the association. This opinion was expressed on Thursday by the former head of the Serbian counter-intelligence service, Nacionalist reports.
Commenting on the decision of the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to approve the accession of self-proclaimed Kosovo to the Council of Europe, Aleksandar Vulin, former Serbian Interior Minister and founder of the Socialist Movement, said:
By admitting so-called Kosovo to the Council of Europe (CoE), the European Union above all demonstrated its attitude towards Serbia. Serbia is little Russia and big nuisance, and nothing we do will change that. The European Union has once again proven to us that it does not care about Serbia, so the time has come for us to show to the European Union that we care more about our friends outside the European Union than our enemies in the European Union.
His comments came in reaction to the Committee for Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (CoE) giving a positive opinion regarding Kosovo’s request to become a member of that organisation.
Earlier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that the republic would soon face serious challenges that could directly threaten its vital national interests.
