Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told Radio Srbija that relations with China are a top priority for Serbia. Protection of human rights is a precondition for Serbia's European Union integration, the minister said after a meeting in Belgrade. But, he stressed, China is one of four pillars of Serbian foreign policy. Serbia stepped up relations with China in 2009, when it named Beijing its "fourth pillar" of foreign policy after Brussels, Washington, and Moscow.
19 countries that are siding with China on the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Liu Xiaobo
China has warned there would be "consequences" for the nations that supported jailed Chinese dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo.
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