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“Biden is on the record as being very belligerent towards Serbia”

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According to historian Nebojsa Malic, it is an odd choice of persons to send on a diplomatic mission to Serbia. The very fact that Biden has been chosen to make the trip to the Balkans is a message in and of itself.

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