Serbia shrugs off pressure from Germany's Scholz to join EU sanctions on Russia

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vuvic appeared to rebuff pressure from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday for Serbia to joinover its invasion of Ukraine, saying he did not believe sanct

ions to be"efficient".

"As far as sanctions are concerned we have different position... We remember sanctions and we do not think sanctions are efficient," Vucic said.On his trip, Scholz promised to help the Western Balkans to reinvigorate their long-stalled campaign for European Union membership, a move aimed at easing regional tensions and fending off the influence of rival powers such as Russia.

Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova have pushed to accelerate their own bids for EU membership since the invasion, raising questions over whether their accession should be fast-tracked or should wait their turn after Western Balkan countries."We are also in favour of Ukraine's membership into the EU.

 

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