{"id":34663,"date":"2022-04-20T15:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34663"},"modified":"2022-04-20T15:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T13:47:22","slug":"rama-serbia-isnt-moving-towards-russia-it-has-taken-the-western-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-serbia-isnt-moving-towards-russia-it-has-taken-the-western-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama: Serbia isn\u2019t moving towards Russia, it has sided with the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview for the German press Die Welt, Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama said that the Western Balkan region is \u201cdefenseless\u201d from Russian influence which is why there\u2019s an added risk for instability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe region is defenseless because Russian influence is very powerful, not in Albania, but in Bosnia, Montenegro, and especially in Serbia,\u201d \u2013 said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Albania will change its stance in regards to Serbia\u2019s pro-Russian tendency, Rama said that he would have interrupted his cooperation if Serbia would come out against the West at the UN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSerbia isn\u2019t moving towards Russia. On the contrary, in a strange way, it sided with the West when it comes to denouncing Russia\u2019s aggression at the UN General Assembly. It is a very good sign that Serbia voted 3 times against Russia. 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