Dacic: The EU violates everything when it comes to Serbia, where does it get the nerve to criticize?

Reacting to a statement by one of the European Union spokespersons that “by opposing Kosovo’s membership in Interpol, Serbia is violating its obligations under the normalization process,” Serbia’s Minister of the Interior Ivica Dacic told Kosovo Online that the EU, when it comes to Serbia, violates everything, from territorial integrity to the failure to establish the Community of Serb Municipalities.

Dacic said that the statement by the EU spokesperson, as reported by Koha, was likely made by a young person who may not remember everything the EU has violated in relation to Serbia.

“First, the territorial integrity of Serbia; then UN Security Council Resolution 1244; then the UN General Assembly Resolution on the technical and status-neutral dialogue in Brussels. And finally, the Brussels Agreement,” Dacic stated.

The Serbian Interior Minister asked where the European Union gets the audacity to criticize Serbia and pointed out that Kosovo has not even applied for Interpol membership.

“As long as you fail to implement the 2013 Brussels Agreement — which you also signed — and fail to establish the Community of Serb Municipalities, where do you get the nerve to criticize Serbia for defending its territorial integrity?! Moreover, so-called Kosovo has not even applied for Interpol membership, because it knows it won’t pass — even with your cheerleading and pressure on other countries to vote for it, as was the case a few years ago,” Dacic said.

The EU spokesperson stated that Serbia’s progress on its path toward EU membership depends on fully implementing the obligations under the 2023 normalization agreement.

“By opposing in principle Kosovo’s membership in Interpol, Serbia is violating its obligations under the Ohrid Agreement, Article 4,” the spokesperson said.