PM wants "complete unity" as "things get complicated"

PM wants "complete unity" as "things get complicated"

Vucic added that "the next month will be difficult for Serbia" and that a new round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina on July 23 in Brussels will also be "difficult," noting that "things are getting complicated in the region."

"Talks on Macedonia" failed on Wednesday, he remarked, and noted that EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has canceled his visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

"Things in the Western Balkans are getting very complicated, there are big internal problems in Kosovo, that exists in Macedonia, in Bosnia there is growing friction. Croatia wants to celebrate August 5 when we will be crying," said he.

"We must face all that and overcome it," added Vucic and stressed that his government "will make decisions in the interest of citizens, and not in the interest of its popularity."

"A very difficult period is ahead of us, which you can tell by looking at my face. I've never been particularly pretty but I now really look terrible," said Vucic.

The prime minister then stated that the government was "already preparing" for talks with the IMF about "increasing salaries and pensions."

He added that "three foreign companies want to employ 2,000 people in Serbia this year," and that "three cities will be able to live from that."

"Our job is to show our strength with wisdom, forbearance and patience," said Vucic.

As for announcements that Britain and other Western countries were preparing a UN resolution on Srebrenica, he said he did not see the document and cannot comment on it, and also that he "wished somebody asked Serbia about it."

According to Vucic, if he said anything about this issue, "then that would have its influence, its meaning, and its importance."

"I wish some had consulted Serbia. So far nobody's asked me anything about it, and as far as I can see, nobody else in Serbia either. Therefore I cannot declare myself on this question, but that circle that is being created is very, very difficult for us, and unfortunately a little dangerous," said he, and added he would "not run away from this subject."

Asked whether he would attend the gathering marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica crime on July 11, the prime minister said he "needs a little more time to declare himself, to declare himself on the arrest of Naser Oric, and relations with Bosniaks (Muslims)."

He repeated that "Serbia wants to have best possible relations with Bosniaks, will invest in those relations with Bosniaks, and will never give up on that policy."

Vucic also told reporters that the state-owned Telekom Srbija (Serbia) will not be sold "without a proper price and a guarantee that the company would function better as a result."

"Unless we get a good price, quality and guarantees that the company will operate better, we will not do it", Vucic told journalists at the National Assembly.

He "pointed out that the Serbian government will reach the best decision possible for Serbia in collaboration with the adviser on privatizations Lazard," Tanjug reported.

"Representatives of Telekom Srbija have already discussed possible investors in London," he said.