Nikolic: Serbia Forced to recognize Kosovo's independence for EU Membership

In order to become an EU member state Serbia apparently would have to recognize Kosovo's independence and impose sanctions against Russia.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has publicly announced that these demands will soon be publicly declared by EU authorities as the official conditions for Serbia's membership in the Union, according to Radio Television of Serbia.

As President Nikolic explained, these two conditions were relayed to him by Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, during one of the latter's visits to Belgrade, and were in fact mentioned during a joint press conference back then.

"I said in his presence that Mr Hahn told me that we won't be able to move further until we sign a neighborly agreement with Kosovo and Metohija which, I believe, would equal the recognition of Kosovo's independence. He...