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Vucic: Greatest pressures on Serbia to come, West afraid of Kurti’s bots Jelena Babsek 4–5 minutes _____ Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the strongest and greatest pressures will be exerted on Belgrade over the next few days and weeks over Kosovo and the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation. Vucic told the Serbian state TV (RTS) that the articles recently published by CNN and some German media are not aimed against him but against Serbia. The President said the content of all these articles is one and the same – they all say he is guilty because he supports the Serbs in Kosovo, Republika Srpska and Montenegro. “What is it that Serbia did? What word has been said? What move has been made? Not a one! It’s an organized campaign, preparations for what is to follow starting next week. I am expecting strong and great pressures in connection with sanctions against the Russian Federation, probably the greatest pressures so far,” said Vucic. He added that “the grip is slowly closing” in regard to sanctions on Russia, that the entire political and media scene is reminiscent of the film Three Tickets to Hollywood, in which everyone has become either Americans or Russians, with Serbs nowhere in sight. “They are looking to completely isolate me (on the political scene), so everyone starts working for some other powers in an effort to force Serbia to change its policy. I am not ruling this out, but to me it does not seem very likely,” said the Serbian President. He said the situation in Ukraine is such that it is obvious that neither side can win on the battlefield, which is why the West is looking to “fortify the frontline” toward the Russian Federation. “They couldn’t care less about the fact that they have bigger trade with Russia than Serbia does,” said Vucic. Commenting on Kosovo, the President said the West does not condemn the Greater Albania policy that he claims Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti is pursuing. “So they are silent, they are not interested in the Greater Albania story. That’s bad, but these bad guys are ‘our guys,’ but we have to trample on those others until they accept independent Kosovo,” said Vucic. Anyone who thinks that someone in Brussels will exert pressure on Kurti to give up on the policy of creating Greater Albania is wrong, he added. Vucic recalled that Kurti spoke in Chisinau with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and that he was “very angry at that meeting” because he was asked to have the Serbs participate in elections in northern Kosovo. “There has been no Community of Serb Municipalities for ten years, yet they say that a condition stipulated by the Brussels Agreement is for the Serbs to participate in the elections (…) They said the Albanian mayors (in northern Kosovo municipalities) would resign, but this one is refusing to because he is some Demaci’s cousin… They say sanctions against Serbia are always ready. They are afraid of Kurti’s bots, you wouldn’t believe it, they are literally afraid of Kurti’s bots and of those political pensioners who have devoted their whole lives to attacks on Serbia,” said Vucic. “In the coming days and weeks I am expecting the greatest pressure so far, we will try to maintain our position,” said Vucic, adding that even when you are unable to “achieve your principles,” it is all right to tell the people that you are not strong enough to achieve them. The President said he will be in Budapest this weekend for the World Athletics Championships. He is scheduled to meet with Hungarian President Katalin Novak and Prime Minister Viktor Orban, but also with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Vucic said that after his visit to Hungary he is going “someplace else,” where the representatives of all Western Balkans countries, wider region and Brussels will be present. -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/01ea01d9d270%2446793920%24d36bab60%24%40gmail.com.
