Stano: EU expects Serbia to align with new sanctions against Russia

Countries in the accession process are expected to align with EU decisions. Serbia is a candidate country and that is why it is expected to harmonize with EU decisions in the field of foreign and security policy - said EU spokesperson Peter Stano

The European Union will react with sanctions to Russia's violation of international law, and expects countries in the accession process to harmonize with the decisions made in Brussels, and that also applies to Serbia, EU spokesman Peter Stano has said.

"Countries in the accession process are expected to align with EU decisions. Serbia is a candidate country and that is why it is expected to harmonize with EU decisions in the field of foreign and security policy," Stano told Voice of America.

The EU previously introduced new sanctions against Russia, which puts more politicians and officials on a black list, prohibits EU investors from trading in Russian government bonds, as well as exports and imports from and to breakaway regions, after Russia recognized the two self-proclaimed independent republics in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine.

(Telegraf.rs)