telegrafi.com<https://telegrafi.com/en/amp/joseph-encouraging-kosovo%27s-path-towards-nato-would-force-serbia-to-accept-reality-2676335405> Joseph: Pushing Kosovo's path towards NATO would force Serbia to accept reality Nol Elshani ~2 minutes ________________________________
The former senior official of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo, Edward P. Joseph, has explained how Serbia could be forced to face the reality in the Western Balkans. The American expert underlined that for Serbia there is no alternative other than the European Union, as "Serbia cannot become the Belarus of Europe." "I have argued that the US, the EU and especially NATO should use their influence to force Belgrade to make a clear decision. I have also written that encouraging Kosovo's path towards NATO would force Serbia to accept reality," Joseph said, writes Telegraph. Asked about the proposal by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama that Serbia and Albania join the EU without a veto, Joseph described it as a "Trojan horse" that could cause divisions among EU members over Montenegro's future accession to the European Union, writes berlinerzeitung<https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/geopolitik/eu-misst-mit-zweierlei-mass-ex-osze-unterhaendler-ueber-serbiens-balanceakt-li.10025258>. He added that in Belgrade's case, the goal seems to be to hinder Montenegro's rapid progress towards the EU, "just as Putin sees Ukraine's EU membership as a threat," because for Vučić this would be "humiliation and strategic loss." “Like Putin, Vučić should ask himself the uncomfortable question: why is Montenegro, with a clear pro-Western orientation, progressing, while Serbia is lagging behind? This also reveals the price of the balancing act that Vučić plays between the four pillars of foreign policy,” Joseph concluded. /Telegraph/ -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/PH0PR13MB5446008F248ED8D9007E2097AE4CA%40PH0PR13MB5446.namprd13.prod.outlook.com.
