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The new Serbian government will not show a dramatic exit from Russia and will head to the United States, but there will be at least some balance in rhetoric and willingness to improve relations with the United States, says Jelena Milic of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies.
When asked if the new Serbian government is a picture of Serbia’s new foreign policy orientation and if Belgrade has distanced itself from Moscow and moved closer to Washington, Milic said there is definitely the provision for intense diplomatic relations with states. United.
However, Milic sees a big problem in announcing the opening of the office of the Russian Defense Ministry in Belgrade.
“It comes from the diplomatic practice of military diplomacy. The usual military diplomatic practice is absolutely different, if you need further cooperation with a country, then the cooperation is done around the military attaché in the embassy, but not in the country’s ministry. host. It’s very unusual, “Milic said live on Dan.
In the draft contract, he says, there is a “dangerous element.”
“There is a dangerous element in what the Russian minister gave as a proposal to the Ministry of Defense, and it is to give the Russian side the absolute right to enter all the facilities of the Serbian Army, the only condition is to announce it on time. It not only puts in danger the position proclaimed “Serbia like militarily neutral country, but sovereignty in that sense”, says Milic.
He notes that in Prime Minister Brnabić’s presentation, “a strange phrase was high on the agenda”, where, as he said, the preservation of the independence of Serbia is mentioned in the decision-making process.
“It was obvious why this was being done, it is one thing to create a false symmetry for your electorate with the fact that there is a NATO office in the Defense Ministry,” he says, adding that there is a difference, because NATO it is not a state, but an alliance.
The second reason, he claims, is that Serbia did not give in to Russian pressure and did not give pre-diplomatic status to the Russian center in Nis.
“Well, now they started trying again. It is a Russian policy that has been going on for decades, you try it on various sides,” Milić said.
Milic also says that if Serbia is committed to strengthening the partnership with the United States, that cooperation must be gradual.
“The rotation of the Defense and Police Ministers is very important. Vulin, as Defense Minister, maintained a level of rhetoric, especially in relation to the environment, which has a special weight when it comes from the Ministry of Defense … So probably it is better for the region and to reduce tensions because Nebojsa Stefanovic is now the head of that ministry, “Milic emphasized.
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