Vučić: Kosovo Will Still Be Part of Serbia Until End of My Term
The Serbian President said Kosovo Serbs would not vote in the upcoming elections, since Pristina declined to form a Community of Serbian municipalities.
The Serbian President said Kosovo Serbs would not vote in the upcoming elections, since Pristina declined to form a Community of Serbian municipalities.
While verbal assurances towards that end have been made, both parties refrained from actually inking the deal.
With more talks due on Saturday it appears the EU is still powerless to break the long-running diplomatic deadlock, in spite of both countries’ desire to join the bloc.
“We are facing the biggest crisis in the world since World War II. What we have seen before is almost nothing compared to what is ahead of us. I know there’s a big escalation ahead of us … The next five or six months will be the worst of the conflict,” Vučić declared.
The president’s critical remarks come as Serbia, which so far has maintained its close economic ties with Russia amid the war in Ukraine, faces increased pressure from the West to impose sanctions.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić had sought to put troops in Northern Kosovo to protect the ethnic Serb minority there.
The decision was due to the latest developments in Kosovo. Authorities in Pristina were preparing to attack the ethnic Serb minority in North Kosovo and to remove the barricades there by force.
According to Vučić, Orbán said that when he traveled to the UK for talks with country’s top politicians, Margaret Thatcher told him: “It bothers me a lot that you refused to attack Serbia because more British soldiers will die.”
The Serbian leader appears caught in a juggling act. At home, he must retain the good graces of his conservative base; abroad he must maintain relations with China, Russia, and the ‘progressive’, staunchly anti-Russian, European Union.
Serbia has been upbraided for not following the Western world’s lead in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as well as for refraining from sanctions.
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