MOSCOW, April 23. /TASS/. Each of the peoples of Eurasia cherishes its own national values and history, yet their roots are closely intertwined, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the Eurasia - Territory of Traditional Values forum, a TASS correspondent reported.
Speaking to journalists, he also said the European Union is trying to force Serbia to choose between continuing cooperation with Russia and pursuing EU membership.
TASS has compiled his key statements.
The European Union is attempting to present Serbia with a choice between maintaining cooperation with Russia and pursuing EU membership: "In this case, we see demands aimed at turning Serbia against Russia. In other words, they are saying: you can continue to pursue EU membership and a certain level of integration with the European Union, but on one condition — you must sever all ties with Russia, join the sanctions, and so on. Or you can maintain friendly, pragmatic relations with Russia, but then you must forget about your European prospects."
From Russia’s perspective, this approach is "extremely wrong," because every country has the right to develop balanced relations in multiple directions: "Those who impose such antagonistic conditions are wrong, because any country can develop its relations with all other states in all directions in a balanced manner. And it does so in its own interests."
