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EU's shameful reaction to appointment of Nenad Rasic

Belgrade, 1 December 2022

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic reacted this evening to a statement by spokesperson of the European Union Peter Stano following the appointment of Nenad Rasic as a minister in the government of temporary institutions of self-government in Pristina.

The government's website brings the Prime Minister's statement in its entirety:

"Such a reaction is a shame for the EU. We waited to see what the Union would say about the appointment of Rasic, and we received another shameful statement. The appointment of Rasic is not only contrary to the Brussels Agreement, but also to the will of the people expressed in the elections, which is the most important will.

I ask again – after 10 years Pristina did not implement the Brussels Agreement, which the EU is the guarantor of, after the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija were denied the right to vote this year, twice, to which the EU responded with one sentence in the Progress Report, and after that by appointing Rasic, Pristina continues to disregard the clearly expressed will of the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija, so I ask the EU – where are these European values, where is democracy, where does the rule of law disappear?

After such a shameful statement by the EU, just one more in a series, there is no need for Serbia to participate in summits on the Western Balkans. Either the EU will start to respect the values it propagates or there is no longer a need for Serbia to participate in this kind of farce.

For the first time, Serbia will not attend the EU Summit – Western Balkans, which will be held on 6 December, in Tirana,” the Prime Minister said.