Groselj: Serbia could be bypassed

He said that Serbia could face a situation similar to Turkey. “I am worried that a European opportunistic policy could prevail which means that Serbia would be tolerated but that once the EU expansion process starts Serbia will not be part of it… I am afraid that Serbia will be trapped with the EU and US expecting a solution to the Kosovo issue, which does not mean recognition, on one side and on the other side the focus would be on Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova,” he said.

According to him, some EU member states will tolerate events in Serbia because they expect new business opportunities while others will block Serbia’s path to the EU resulting in a stalemate. He warned that Serbia is losing economic development opportunities.

Groselj said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is seen as a useful partner is Brussels and Washington who has made some progress in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue. “It’s a kind of exchange between expectations in Brussels and events in Serbia and recognition of Kosovo is expected at the end by Vucic and his party. I know that no one in Serbia will ever do that but as long as that is the prevailing view, things will remain the same,” he warned.