Serbia s foreign policy 塞尔维亚的外交政策 Divided loyalties 分裂的忠诚 Serbia is torn between its old ally, Russia, and theEuropean Union 塞尔维亚在欧盟和俄罗斯两位老盟友间举棋不定,不知何去何从 A NICE summing-up of Serbia s foreign-policy dilemmas was shown in a recent drawing byCorax, the country s leading political cartoonist. Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia s prime minister, isshown playing two pianos at once, with Angela Merkel, Germany s chancellor, conducting on oneside, and Vladimir Putin, Russia s president, conducting on the other. The Serbian governmentis finding the Ukraine crisis is only adding to the political cacophony. 近期,塞尔维亚首席政治漫画家科拉克斯发布了一组全新的关于塞尔维亚外交窘境的漫画。塞尔维亚总理亚历山大希奇一直在德国总理安格尔默克尔和俄罗斯总统弗拉德普京之间打着不算优雅的太极拳。并且,塞尔维亚政府发现,乌克兰危机非但不是一个缓和点,反而让形势变得更加扑朔迷离。 In March Serbia abstained in a UN vote reaffirming the territorial integrity of Ukraine afterRussia s annexation of Crimea. As a candidate for European Union membership, it was heavilycriticised for this by its partners. Officially the reason was that Serbia had only a caretakergovernment. But the real reason was that it did not want to annoy its traditional ally, Russia. |