European Voice: Rehn tells Serbia to stay clear of Bosnia
Written on November 15, 2007
Serbia will not be able to sign a pre-accession pact with the EU if it continues interfering in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, Olli Rehn, the European commissioner in charge of enlargement, has said.The commissioner also urged Bosnia’s politicians not to listen to the “siren calls from Belgrade or Moscow”.
The warning came less than a week after Rehn and Serbian President Boris Tadic put their initials to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA), seen as a first step on the road to eventual membership of the European Union.In an interview with European Voice, Rehn said that he had conveyed the message to Tadic the previous Wednesday (7 November).
“We have made it clear that we expect that Serbia will not interfere in the domestic politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Rehn said.
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