{"id":33476,"date":"2022-03-25T21:13:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33476"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:14:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:14:03","slug":"russias-interest-in-the-balkans-will-be-amplified-through-serbia-says-former-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russias-interest-in-the-balkans-will-be-amplified-through-serbia-says-former-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s interest in the Balkans will be amplified by Serbia, says former PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Pandeli Majko said during an interview for Euronews Albania that Ukraine\u2019s invasion has \u201cchanged the entire vocabulary of foreign relations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Majko said that Albania should start to reconsider the region\u2019s status quo.<\/p>\n<p>The war, said Majko, could push Brussels towards a new approach, in regards to the EU integration of the Western Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Serbia finds itself in a delicate situation because it has turned into a \u201cblack hole\u201d, by not agreeing to become a NATO member.<\/p>\n<p>Majko also maintained that its integration into the EU has been put into question because Belgrade is exposing itself to the risk of becoming a confirmed Russian colony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat can be seen clearly is that drama that Serbia is currently experiencing in the region. And we don\u2019t have to become a part of this drama,\u201d \u2013 said Majko.<\/p>\n<p>The former PM also mentioned the presence of a Russian military base in Serbia. This makes the Balkans, one of the most volatile and endangered areas when it comes to possible Russian aggression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s interests in the Western Balkans will be amplified through Serbian factors,\u201d- said Majko, adding that Albania and Kosovo shouldn\u2019t allow themselves to play the victim card.<\/p>\n<p>Majko called \u2018Open Balkan\u2019 a trilateral initiative that doesn\u2019t include the entire Western Balkans region, which hasn\u2019t led to anything but a few meetings here and there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/23\/quint-countries-criticize-kosovo-after-negating-serbian-elections-on-its-soil\/\">Quint countries criticize Kosovo for negating Serbian elections on its soil<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/22\/kosovo-turns-down-eus-proposal-on-serbian-elections\/\">Kosovo turns down EU\u2019s proposal on Serbian elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/03\/22\/montenegro-refuses-to-open-up-polling-stations-during-serbias-elections\/\">Montenegro refuses to open up polling stations for Serbia\u2019s elections<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Pandeli Majko said during an interview for Euronews Albania that Ukraine\u2019s invasion has \u201cchanged the entire vocabulary of foreign relations\u201d. In addition, Majko said that Albania should start to reconsider the region\u2019s status quo. The war, said Majko, could push Brussels towards a new approach, in regards to the EU integration of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":33477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia\u2019s interest in the Balkans will be amplified by Serbia, says former PM - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russias-interest-in-the-balkans-will-be-amplified-through-serbia-says-former-pm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russia\u2019s interest in the Balkans will be amplified by Serbia, says former PM - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former PM Pandeli Majko said during an interview for Euronews Albania that Ukraine\u2019s invasion has \u201cchanged the entire vocabulary of foreign relations\u201d. 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