well and as far as european values go we will respect them because of our constitution the constitution the tadic to meet certain i wrote together i respect it sincerely i'd like to bring order to serbia the way that germany is organized probably a lot of time will pass until the western press accept me treats me fairly as for many years they've written about me negatively now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory in unacceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable that the media will change their opinion too moreover i showed that i want to be the president of all the citizens of serbia i've resigned the position as head of the party that i founded only three years ago and i took it to the top of the serbian political scene i left it as if it was a child well now my objective is to make serbia a developed and successful country and for that i need the support of all citizens not only members of the progressive party of serbia. aren't you afraid you'll lose the support of your traditional save your european style your voices or thaw i'm

not afraid because europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo and the talk here until now i've been open and sincere with the citizens of serbia and i'm going to continue cooperating with the people at the moment they impose such conditions i told people immediately i think that's why i won't lose my popularity you know in our country the dismissal of a president is almost impossible nevertheless my term will last five years only if the citizens allow it if they no longer want to see me in this position i will walk away right now i'm convinced that the politics that i've been representing are the only good politics for serbia. in your first statement after the elections he said that serbia will not turn away from the a.p. and path and at the same time he's promised to hold a referendum on whether citizens will have to decide if they want to join. or not

we keep this promise was awarded the referendum is going to happen we agreed with the democrats that when all the conditions are fulfilled for serbia's entry to the e.u. we will go to the people with the question do you want to be in the e.u. and they will decide that's how they did it in croatia only a few months ago but only after they had fulfilled all the conditions and when the e.u. had accepted co a share then they organized the referendum i think it's necessary to cooperate with citizens a lot more than in the past but that doesn't mean that i'm resigned to the european way my only fear is that they'll impose conditions that i personally wouldn't accept but probably the citizens would say that's fulfill it too because we want to be in the e.u. i won with fifty percent of votes and i know that the other half didn't support my ideas that's why i believe that i should ask them to get it. as us and come to power tonight when serbia is in a difficult economic situation when the country's unemployment rate exceeds twenty four percent on the other side europe also has its problems and it's becoming

poorer day by day so you why do so still want to become members of the year aren't you afraid that the greek scenario could be repeated in your country not over to you know greece is another thing greece is a member of the e.u. which was spending more money than it could afford then one day it came out that it didn't have anything left it took advantage of the e.u. which is not a state but a union of states the trust one another serbia is far behind any of the e.u. member countries i've had a meeting with the foreign affairs minister of slip out here who told me much concern that unemployment in his country is ten percent i told him that we almost reached twenty five percent and that our debt by the end of the a.b.s. probably surpassed sixty five percent of g.d.p. of it which would be a catastrophe of the state most likely it's not the debt that is good for the g.d.p. of this day it is too low so i think it should go on trying to form part of the e.u. which means much more than simply belonging to a union a well organized judicial system of the cuban rights freedom of expression of the struggle against organize. crime bribery and corruption of the likud minority

rights all these are achievements of he you know serbia and to the e.u. i don't know the first of all they have a crisis of expansion today it's clear that we will be in a during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency that's turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help men who are leaving at all and that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis for a promise to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that we don't want to enter the new my truth is that the world is a lot bigger my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia only and i'm not the e.u. or russia because of the sea there doesn't know that that's interesting he did a thing that said be a will have to she's between the e.u. and russia does he think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a whole other level i'd prefer not to have to make the choice i'd like serbia to be a home with two doors want to the west and the other to the east serbia simply

belongs to the east as well as to the west we have a traditional and deep relationship with russia not only in terms of origin but also in religion as tree customs language but we have complementary industries that we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war unfortunately we ruined our industry with senseless privatisation which led to people losing their jobs nevertheless we have the education we have the will power and natural resources to collaborate once again with the russian federation at a much higher level since two thousand serbia has moved away from russia's until two thousand and eight when russia signed with serbia and energy or even more allowing our country to breathe more easily will also those who are already talking about the construction of south stream of large investments in hydro and gas power stations and we should have done it earlier because the they shouldn't think that it's our unique partner because this way it could impose really harsh conditions is the country should maintain its sovereignty and also have partners in other places

and we shouldn't forget about the brics countries of the arab and african world to cooperate very well with serbia so when we open the doors of serbia to the world we do so for a prosperous future that's why i'll never choose between russia and the e.u. i know where my heart is and everybody in serbia knows that but i also think that we can be a good bridge between europe and russia and the best partner of russia in the e.u. neither of these go to the other the it seems like serbia is always having to meet new conditions to become a new members the other candidates had to join nato what if they wanted to join it to. thirty or forty serbia will never enter nato as this is the will of the majority of the serbian people and the e.u. will never impose this condition because serbia doesn't have any reason to enter i don't see any sense in its existence but if nato becomes an organization which. together with the collective security treaty organization would fight against organized crime in the world then we would have participated serbia is

a small country surrounded by nato members there's no one serbia would start a war with it we don't need nato to defend us we are militarily neutral and it will stay like that forever are you ready to maintain a dialogue with christina and with its leader touchy just as they are at the purgatory of this at that i'm ready for dialogue but not with hashem tattoo because there are suspicions that he committed crimes against the serbian anything he cannot negotiate until the investigation of his case finishes but i will speak with other representatives after the bombing of serbia in one thousand nine hundred ninety we left nato in the territory that is where we gave them civil and military power we have a ministration in four communities in northern cause of and the e.u. has asked us to abolish these serbian institutions and we responded that we cannot do that because we have a university there are hospitals and schools and colleges i just follow the constitution and in serbia the president as it guarantor yours our constitution says that kosovo and metohija are parts of serbia that he believes that he's hopeful to divide possibly in this case what would happen to the serbs living on

the territory acquired by the albanians not to so that southers gave this moment and from the point of view of the constitutional it's not possible to and one of the citizens of serbia say yes in a referendum i don't know but the syrians are living outside these four communities as north depend on dana kay for when making a new lazies the international society especially the united nations should guarantee its absolute security and serbia should guarantee a good life and that's something that serbia avoided a bit and i will do my best over the serbs in kosovo can leave from their work without waiting for assistance and depending on the institutions of pristina the you know because this would start the indirect recognition of loss of those independence of the us to be able to the orbit of those use. of all the cities in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tried. you know it's unfair to the serbs do you plan to continue their cooperation with the tried be you know initiated by the democrats. who've been the team leader who defended voice

left shell and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years or even personally or in strasbourg we had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council the hague tribunal will exist until the situation in the world changes people have been convicted their people are dying there but the tribunal has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few process is legit and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system or as the former president of serbia died in the hague of the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been convicted discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today and nothing has changed in segregation continues obviously it's not fair that the serbian government adopted them nor on cooperation of the hague tribunal we have to respect that blower and stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world so what if there was the. well thank you. thank you.

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moscow warns that the un human rights body is putting the syrian peace plan arborist by blaming the regime cares. rebel gangs sucker russia believes the condemnation is premature because the investigation is still ongoing and puts pressure on the security council. president putin's reaffirmed his stance on not taking sides during toplevel visits to paris and berlin and he was speaking i had a meeting with top brass which was wrong. and egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak could begin serving life for his part in killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising but thousands are enraged by what they see as a time to. close the world's top whistleblower loses his extradition appeal from

britain to sweden on sex assault charges julian songes legal team has fourteen days to appeal the decision which they believe is a politically motivated. sport is next here on r t with paul. thank you very much nic so welcome to the sports headlines here's what's coming up then there was one maria sharapova is russia's only remaining player in the french open office but lawmakers that's over was beaten in the last sixteen bytes of the saar army. time are running out the chances dwindles for double amputee oscar pistorius to make the london olympics after finishing last of the golden league meeting. hardwood hopes russia's basketball team are also seeking a spot of this summer's olympic games a podium finish

a qualifying tournament in venezuela next month will see them achieve their aim. but let's start with tennis where maria sharapova is the sole russian left in the french open singles this after sputnik is nuts over went down in straight sets to italy saw lonnie the twenty six seed fail to even pick up a game in the first set of their last sixteen encounter she had better in the second but eventually went down six love at seventy five ironically who also knocked out two thousand a champion an advantage now faces germany's angela. they saw after the german beat unseeded croatian petra martic chin straight sets six three seven five the comfortable scoreline in favor of the tenth seed looking to reach the last for the grand slam the second time in her career. meanwhile domenica civil kovar has produced the main upset of the tournament so far the fifteenth seed slovak knocking out top seed and world number one victoria azarenka supercross

easily took the six two and won the second set on a tie break to advance to the quarterfinals wessel friends either sam stosur or sloane stephens. well that's the late match of the day yet to start. the u.s. open champion and six taking on the unseeded american run seventy in the world also on the screen the confirmation of the day's other schools now in the men's draw world number one and top seed novak djokovic survived a massive scare against italian under a separate he had to come from two sets down to put his place in the last eight while number three roger federer is also through to the quarter is he to drop the first set but eventually beat beltran derek go in for federer's davis cup team a stanislav but in kerry's currently playing hunk favorite world fred tsonga it's two two in the second set after song the top six or twelve former u.s. open champion juan martin del potro later takes on thomas. meanwhile in the

football russia depart for their base camp in poland on sunday as the countdown to euro two thousand and twelve begins they face the czech republic on friday in their opening game and manage to take out but card says the squad are heading into the tournament in good shape after their three no friendly win over italy. will lose those ole is important. the cultural holy saying that. the most important thing is that you can see the to make improvements. it was important for us to see as we did. but i would give the same answer if we lost the game because italy. meanwhile a former england striker robbie fowler admits roy hodgson's men may struggle to make an impact in the upcoming year as fowler who played twenty six times for his country between one nine hundred ninety six and two thousand and two was at a promotional event in singapore the thirty seven year old admits it will be tough for new manager roy hodgson taking lynn to the latter stages of the competition

despite the three lions having won their first two matches under the new boss including saturday's one nil win over belgium. pathing be able to talk to them so i think you. know to disparage. you know the french may or may do you go to doctors well i think on paper but it seems other things on the page about the tubes as well so i'm opening going to. thinking i'm a struggle. now to athletics where a double amputee sprinter oscar pistorius is in danger of saying he's a limp it dream of operate the four hundred meter specialist finishing last of the diamond league meeting at all again over the weekend the south african running on prosthetic legs finishing eighth with a time of forty six point eight six seconds well below the olympic a standard olympic champion shaun marat meanwhile run down reigning world champion karate james to win in a time of forty four point nine one seconds the harm is native chris brown was

moved up to second after james apparel against a false start was dismissed on the run and disqualified taylor was third historians will now look to improve his time next weekend in new york and the african championships later this month. while strong winds assisted me in winning the one hundred ten metre hurdles lots prevented him from becoming the world record for the two thousand and four olympic gold medalist equaling day one row places two thousand and eight mark of twelve point eight seven seconds but a strong breeze nullified that fate another athens gold medal winner justin gatlin also coming out victorious in the one hundred meter is a strong start ever gallons for today but the thirty year old again made up for a sluggish beginning to finish strongly in a time of nine point nine zero seconds. of golf now as spencer levine is in prime position to claim his first tour win on the p.g.a. tour the twenty seven year old holding a one stroke lead heading into the final round at the memorial levine moving up

from second place thanks to efforts like this in goal of the whole three boats. however kept the american from increasing his need over the field overnight leader sabatini slid down a spot a second on seven under the south african shot here on the eleventh hole his sole birdie on the back nine rickie fowler is a further two strokes back for tiger woods is right behind him woods now four shots off the late despite carting an impressive four birdies on the back nine. now on the n.b.a. hardwood kevin durant's has once again state his claim for m.v.p. award on is this year the twenty three year old scoring half of his thirty six points in the fourth quarter as oklahoma tied their western conference final series against san antonio it's a two the three timely scoring champion knotting sixteen points in a row in the final quarter after watching the thunder had a fifteen point lead windell down to form his main sidekick russell westbrook was

limited to just seven points with thirty baker poured in a career high twenty six to make up for the point guards off nights the series now heads back to san antonio for game five on monday night. twenty seven assists you know their culture and just moving the ball and making a right plays or. the first three corners can opener for me in the fourth that i was able to make some shots but you know russell said grace craze che's made great passes it showed too much of the furniture now finally staying on the hardwood where team russia have their eyes set on a place in the upcoming london olympics their last chance of booking their birth will occur next month at a qualification tournament in venezuela. has more. russia's national basketball team needed to become first or second to last year's european championship to get a straight ticket to the olympics but under a kirilenko and his team mates finished the tournament just to play slower than required clinching brilliance against macedonia this means russia now has to take

part in the qualifying event which starts on july the second even israel is the first three team. school secure their place in london and head coach david block is confident his men can achieve their aim i think we have a good team and i think we've proven that over the years. you know three teams out of twelve make it so i'm not a mathematician but that's twenty five percent chance right sort of hopefully will hopefully will make those chances a little bit better than that while preparing for the qualification event russia will play friendly games against macedonia greece lithuania and great britain a lot will have a squad of seventeen players at his disposal however to play securely in her lap or will join this chord later is the dual were given time off after a long club season while russia's experience guard sergei because i will miss the tournament after picking up any injury sergei he played a big role in all of the major competitions in the last seven years so his

losses is a problem force but we have other talented players and other guys that have stepped in. to fill the position and hopefully they can they can do the job and river and save each is another day after he was taken to hospital with a spine injury earlier this week but despite these problems the team spirit is a high and everybody feels passionate to fulfil the task and book a place for london games it's great you know people happy to be here you know something of a training camp so we're excited are all still for us i guess you could say just excited to go to them so precious first opponents in qualification will be south korea followed by the dominican republic while the final games us cage old for july eighth and with the women's team already qualified for the olympics the man will certainly try to do their best to make spam. ariens r.t.

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warns that the un human rights body is putting the syria peace plan on risk by prematurely blaming the regime for the houla massacre which leaders insist was down to rebel against. president putin reaffirms his sounds are not taking sides during toplevel visits to paris and berlin i had a meeting with top brass which was launched in st petersburg. from palaces to prison egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak begin serving life for his part in killing protesters last year but thousands are enraged at what they see as a soft sentence. and the world's top whistleblower julian assange loses his extradition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault charges.

it's nine pm here in moscow on the tsunami but the weekly here in r t this sunday we begin with russia's warning that the u.n. human rights resolution condemning the syrian leadership for last week's houla massacre risks the railing a peace plan moscow called it premature because the investigate. going and it's putting pressure on the security council where russia's resisting foreign military action on sunday president also it insisted his troops had nothing to do with the slaughter of more than one hundred people in the city you blamed armed rebel gangs for the attack and outside forces for instigating the conflict to trigger intervention washington which backs the syrian opposition and the push for regime change admits there are plans for military.