The Serbian President noted that the country’s position in Kosovo is becoming increasingly complicated.
„Western countries will try to, as they think, solve the problem of Kosovo in one way or another, by Kosovo’s entry into the UN and because they think that in this way they are solving intra-European problems, and the second reason is, without any doubt, to take away the argument of Kosovo from Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation,“ he said.
„When I said that the architecture of the talks was changing, the EU denied it, I didn’t understand what the purpose of that denial was. Today, we have a proposal on the table from the two largest European powers, Germany and France, and that proposal is a proposal that we have to discuss,“ said Vucic and explained his position.
He pointed out that it was irresponsible and frivolous to throw that proposal out the window, but that he was not sure that Serbia could even accept it.
„I can’t go into the details, because it’s still not public, but the essence is that if Serbia allows Kosovo to enter all international institutions and organizations, including the UN, for that, although it’s not specified, Serbia would receive a quick entry into the EU and probably significant economic benefits,“ the President said.
Serbia’s position, he added, is that we must talk and work on reconciliation with the Albanians and the normalization of our relations.
„I said that for Serbia and because of the Constitution, but not only because of the Constitution, it is unacceptable for Kosovo to be a member of the UN and that will bear its consequences,“ he added.
The Serbian President explained that the whole idea is based on Kosovo becoming a member of the UN „one way or another, without our recognition.“ He stressed that Serbia would thus not be „further humiliated and forced to formally recognize Kosovo,“ but by not even reacting, it would give a silent signal that it agrees with it.
