Photo: FoNet/Twitter/US EmbassyThe USA fully supports Serbia in the fight for an independent judiciary and against corruption, and therefore appreciates the partnership of professionals in the Prosecutor's Office who are aware of this, such as prosecutors Bojana Savović and Jasmine Paunović
US Ambassador Christopher Hill met with deputy prosecutors on Thursday Bojana Savović and Jasmina Paunović. The Twitter account of the US embassy in Serbia later announced that "an independent judiciary and the fight against corruption are key to the progress of Serbia, and especially to membership in the European Union."
"The United States fully supports Serbia in this effort and appreciates the partnership of professionals in the Prosecutor's Office who are aware of this, such as Bojana Savović and Jasmine Paunović," stated the announcement with a photo of Ambassador Hill with Savović and Paunović.
Higher public prosecution in Belgrade, these two prosecutors were removed from the case of corruption in the EPS at the moment when the first arrests took place.
Interference in the internal affairs of Serbia
This was followed by a harsh reaction from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ivica Dacic, who stated that the action of the US Embassy represented "open and gross interference in the internal affairs of the sovereign state of Serbia."
"I know that the great powers seem to be able to do anything, but imagine what it would look like if Marko Đurić received an American prosecutor or judge in our embassy in the USA," said Dacic in a written statement. He added that this procedure is in direct opposition to the desire to develop good bilateral relations.
"Serbia is always open and ready for dialogue," announced Dačzć, "but all foreign representatives must respect the basic principles of the Vienna Convention that they have no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the countries in which they are accredited."
After the initial protest of support to the prosecutors removed from the case of corruption in the EPS at the moment when the ball started to unravel and big words, the whole case seems to have been forgotten in public, like many times before, buried by other affairs.
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