Serbia Ready to Join EU in Fight Against Terrorism, Manage Refugee Crisis

YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) — Belgrade is prepared to help in the global fight against terrorism and to do its part in managing the ongoing migrant crisis in the European Union, Serbia's Ambassador to Russia Slavenko Terzic said Tuesday.

"<…> Serbia is ready to help in the fight against terrorism and is ready to help solve this migrant issue. But [Serbia] can’t take on this complex issue on its own," Terzic told reporters.

Some 4,000 refugees pass through Serbia every day on their way to more prosperous European countries, according to Terzic.

EU border agency Frontex has estimated over 1.2 million illegal crossings into the European Union since the beginning of the year in what has become the largest human migration through Europe since World War II.