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European Democrats Say Serbia’s EU Path Requires Respect for Victims
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European Democrats Say Serbia’s EU Path Requires Respect for Victims

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

Translated from Serbian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The European Democratic Party said Serbia’s path toward European Union membership requires truth, justice, accountability and respect for war victims.
  • The party backed European Commissioner Marta Kos’s statement that convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic should not be glorified in the EU or candidate countries.
  • The party said Belgrade understands what is at stake in the accession process.

The European Democratic Party said Serbia’s European path requires respect for victims, after European Commissioner Marta Kos condemned the glorification of Ratko Mladic.

Kos described Mladic, the wartime Bosnian Serb military chief, as a convicted war criminal and said glorifying war criminals has no place in the European Union or in countries seeking to join it.

The party said it fully shared her words. It linked them to a position expressed by EDP Secretary-General Sandro Gozi, who said Serbia’s path toward the EU requires truth, justice, accountability, democratic values and respect for victims.

“Belgrade knows what is at stake,” the party said in a post on X.

We fully share her words. They echo the position set out last Friday by EDP Secretary-General Sandro Gozi: Serbia’s European path requires truth, justice, accountability, democratic values and respect for the victims. Belgrade knows what is at stake.

— European Democratic PartyThe party stated its position on Serbia’s EU accession path after backing Marta Kos’s remarks about Ratko Mladic.
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