The embassy of Ukraine in Serbia sent the note to Serbian Ministry for Foreign Affairs apologizing for the technical mistake in promotional video of Ukrainian Prime Minister ArseniyYatsenyuk; the video which tackles the relations between Ukraine and European Union included the map of Europe without Serbia.
Serbian Foreign Ministry announced that Ukrainian embassy has explained that the video did not represent Mr. Yatsenyuk’s personal view, neither the official position of Ukraine with regard to Balkan countries.
On Monday, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkic has summoned Ukrainian charge d’affaires expressing dissatisfaction over the fact that the map in the video did not show Serbia.
The video had been made in 2013 when ArseniyYatsenyuk was one of Ukrainian opposition leaders; in the video,Yatsenyukwas explaining why Ukraine should join European Union. The territory of the former Yugoslavia was presented in the video as “Croatia”.
Some Serbian media noticed that Foreign Ministry was very rapid to complain to Ukrainian embassy over the technical mistake in 2013 video. At the same time, Serbia as a country aspiring to become a member of EU refrained from any comments with regard to the current crisis in the Ukraine.
Earlier this month European Parliament envoy in Serbia JelkoKacin said he expects Serbia to position itself with regard to Ukraine crisis in accordance with European Union policy.
“We hope that Serbia will understand what is it about and formulate a position, which will be close to that of EU. Montenegro has already done so”, Kacin has said.
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- Serbian MFA summons Ukraine's charge d'affairs...
"It constituted an offense to Serbia, so Mrkić requested a meeting so he could inform the Ukrainian official about Serbia's view regarding the incident," the Foreign Ministry has stated.
The video shows Ukraine's interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk explaining why Ukraine should become a member of the EU.
Although Serbia is mentioned in relation to it starting the accession talks with the EU, it is not on the map of Europe, Croatian website Index.hr reported.
- The map in the video shows EU countries, "but all of the countries of the former Yugoslavia are erased and the entire territory is labelled Croatia."
- According to the website, since Serbia was removed from the map, many claim it was a provocation because of Serbia's close ties with Russia.
The video itself was uploaded to YouTube in September 2013, before the current crisis in Ukraine.
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The embassy said that the incident "in no way reflected the personal stance of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, or the official stance of Ukraine," the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Tuesday.
Last weekend, Serbian FM Ivan Mrkić summoned Ukraine's charge d'affairs in Belgrade to a meeting to discuss the map incident which, it was said, offended Serbia.
The promotional video shows Yatsenyuk explaining why he thought Ukraine should join the EU. While Serbia is mentioned in the context of its negotiations with the organization, it is missing from the map.
Moreover, the entire area of the former Yugoslavia is marked as "Croatia."
Kiev's diplomatic representatives to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro also apologized over the fact these countries were erased from the map in the video used by Yatsenyuk. .............http://www.b92.net//eng/news/politics.php?yyyy=2014&mm=03&dd=25&nav_id=89770
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