Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said he disagreed with interpretations that Serbia had made a dramatic turn towards the West and stressed that relations with Russia and China are not in danger, reports the Belgrade newspaper "Politika".
"When it comes to the United States of America, there has been significant progress in our relationship, although there are differences on the substantive issue – the Kosovo issue. As for the European Union, there is no doubt that the question of progress towards the EU is linked to the question of the fate of the dialogue with Pristina, and that is why we manage to stay on the European path, while still defending our principled position regarding the territorial integrity of Serbia” , Dacic told Radio-TV Vojvodina.
In his words, Serbia's relations with Russia and China have never been threatened, but are developing, especially with China.
„This is a priority of our foreign policy. This balanced foreign policy, that is, a foreign policy that is in the national and state interest, that is (with the aim of) trying to win new friends if we can, without losing old ones, has shown good results, Dacic said.
Dacic pointed out that it is true that Serbia has signed an energy agreement with the United States of America, but reminded that it signed the same with Russia 16 years ago.
„This will in no way change our position when it comes to Russia and China. None of these agreements are intended to neutralize some of the earlier agreements with Russia and China. Diversification of the energy market has been our goal before, and our goal has never been to be focused on just one country," he explained.
The agreement with China is not directed against anyone else, nor against a third country on the world stage," Dacic pointed out.
Serbia's interior minister said he sees no problem with the installation of Chinese security cameras by the company Huawei on the streets of Serbia, adding that everything related to public video surveillance is clearly defined by law – there are no ambiguities or violations of the right to privacy.