Kleine-Brockhoff: Serbia has to choose one bloc

Vice President of the German Marshall Fund Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff agrees with remarks that Serbia has to choose which bloc it wants to belong to.

Nevertheless, he added that it has already done so by entering the EU membership negotiations.

Kleine-Brockhoff told the Beta agency in an interview that basic regulations of the European Union do not prohibit member countries from maintaining good relations with countries outside the Union, and that by joining the EU Serbia could influence EU's foreign policy.

The German expert for European affairs agreed with the statement of US official Hoyt Brian Yee that Serbia cannot "sit on two chairs," but also said he was convinced that Serbia has already decided where it wants to be.

"Serbia must decide which club it wants to belong to, but it had already made that decision by entering the EU membership negotiations,"...