"Hypocrisy has a name"; "Here is another example - Serbia"


Turmoil followed after the so-called Kosovo and Israel have established 
diplomatic relations. The EU was the first to react, followed by Serbia, and 
Turkey. 

Source: B92 Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | 13:55 

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EU was the first to react, after the so-called opening of the representative 
office was announced, but also officially completed. EU stated that the EU's 
position on embassies in Jerusalem is clear and unchanged. 

"In accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 478 of 1980, which calls on 
all UN members to move their embassies to Tel Aviv, all embassies of EU member 
states, as well as the EU Delegation to Israel, are located in Tel Aviv," 
Brussels said in a statement on Monday, adding that Kosovo is undermining its 
path to EU integration. 

Then, Turkey also reacted, announcing that official Pristina violated 
international law. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said that it 
"does not serve the Palestinian issue" and, as he states, undermines the vision 
of a solution on the two states.

EPA-EFE Valdrin Xhemaj 

"Israel itself has chosen that its interest in bonding with America is more 
important, preferring USA to Serbia and it is their legitimate right. What is 
important is that we did not participate in that process, because (Serbian) 
President Vucic has not accepted to sign an invitation to Israel to recognize 
the so-called Kosovo, and vice versa", Selakovic told Serbian Radio and 
Television (RTS). 

The last one to respond to the EU's criticism of official Pristina's move was 
Kosovo's Ambassador to the United States, Vlora Citaku. She stated that it is 
hypocritical that the EU reprimanded Kosovo for opening an embassy in 
Jerusalem. 

She also reacted to the fact that, as she stated, Serbia, as a candidate 
country for EU membership, rarely brings its foreign policy closer to the 
European Union. 

"Here is another example. Serbia, although a candidate country for EU 
accession, rarely, if ever, approaches its EU foreign policy decisions. From 
relations with Russia and China and arms sales to scandalous UN votes and 
violations of international sanctions. Serbia's decisions and foreign policy 
are almost always, if not exclusively, contrary to EU decisions. Brussels has 
never warned Serbia, though. At least not publicly. The exception is the 
opening of an embassy in Jerusalem, where the EU has publicly rebuked both 
Serbia and Kosovo," she wrote on Facebook, as Kosovo online reports.

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