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BRUSSELS, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) warned Monday that Serbia could risk isolation if it quits plans to join the EU over the issue of Kosovo.
"Now Serbia has a very crucial choice to make: it can either stick to the European future or risk self-imposed isolation," EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.
He said that while the first option would bring stability, more freedom and increasing prosperity to Serbia, the second option is "a road to nowhere."
Kostunica wants Serbia to pursue EU membership only if the EU member countries withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, which Tadicopposes.
Serbia has initialed but not signed a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), the first step for Balkan states to move towards the EU.
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dmitrij Rupel, who chaired Monday's meeting, said the foreign ministers agreed that the EU needs to keep Serbia on the European track.
"Serbia is facing a choice of whether going towards Europe or staying nationalistic. Of course we want Serbia to choose Europe," he said.
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