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Serbia said it would shun any offer of membership of the European Union or Nato if they recognised the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state.
Raising the stakes in the bid to block independence, the national assembly voted 220 to 14 in favour of a resolution saying Serbia would not sign any treaty that did not acknowledge its territorial integrity and sovereignty over Kosovo.
It was backed by President Boris Tadic and Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, leaders of the two main parties in Serbia's centre-right ruling coalition, and supported by ultranationalist Radicals and Socialists on the opposition benches.
Focusing on the Stabilisation and Association Agreement that Serbia may sign with the EU next month, the resolution said "any treaty Serbia signs, including the SAA, must be in keeping with preservation of [its] sovereignty and territorial integrity".
- REUTERS
