These are Good Times for Us Who Have Made Mistakes in Past

Aleksandar Vucic: “I visited Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan last time recently on his property in Scotland.'' We agreed upon his arrival here to Belgrade then and finalized everything regarding JAT. These are Good Times for Us Who Have Made Mistakes in Past They believed that their request to run our airline company with 49% of capital and into which they would invest millions of Euros would be a problem. I told them that this is ideal setup and that we are accepting their request immediately. In such management structure we would not have party people who are not coming to work and do not care about the fate of the company. In September I expect the most important visit from Sheikh Mohammad to Serbia so far. Of course, I love my country, but I will easily recommend Bosnia-Herzegovina to my friend and I believe that they would make a good communication and good acquaintances with the people from your country”, first deputy Prime Minister said in an interview for Sarajevo-based Dnevni Avaz daily. You are known in the region as a passionate and determined fighter against corruption and crime. You do not give up in that battle. How will you continue, are you tired perhaps? “It will be even stronger, even harsher and there would be even bigger rebellions here in Serbia over the people who would be arrested. At the beginning of my mandate I said that there would be no untouchables. It will stay like that. We will continue the battle against corruption and crime with no pardon, since if there were pardons, I would not be able to say anything to anyone. As you can see, I have no fear and there is no one who is protected in that manner. What are Serbia’s experiences on the road to EU and do you have any advice for politicians in B-H? “All I know is that you will have equally hard time as we do, maybe even harder. We managed to push through by force. If we thought and assessed everything and every move, we would have never made it, but we have told to the people: This is all hard and terrible for us, close your eyes, we will swallow all those frogs on your behalf, wake up in six months and we will have results. And we did just like that. If you think that it has been easy for me to go to Kosovska Mitrovica, where they used to welcome me as a hero, and listen to people welcoming me with the words: Traitor!, well that is not the case. But, as you know, I went there, survived that and told them personally what my opinion was, that the agreement signed in Brussels was good for them, good for Serbia and its future and our relations with Albanians. Prime Minister Ivica Dacic announced during his recent visit to B-H that we could expect joint sessions of Serbian Government and B-H Council of Ministers. “These are good times for all of us who have made mistakes in the past, we are not ashamed to admit our political mistakes, I have no problem with that and I would like to speak about that even if you do not ask me that, to present things without too much love, to a rational level and rational road. I believe that there is not a slightest hatred towards Bosniaks in Serbia today and I say this openly. Not even the slightest! I tell you that as someone who knows well both sides of Serbia, national or nationalistic, whatever you wish, and the civic Serbia. Do you plan to visit Srebrenica? “I believe that the crucial thing for all of us is to, primarily, think about the future. Because, if we keep on speaking about the past all the time, we will not think about the future. But, in order to avoid any misunderstandings, I do not want to hide behind someone who committed that horrific crime falsely in the name of people I belong to. A horrible, terrible crime, so horrific that you were ashamed that someone who took part in it belonged to your people. I have no problem to visit Srebrenica, but before that I wish to talk to people. I do not wish to make my visit a provocation for any side”, Aleksandar Vucic said. VIP

These are Good Times for Us Who Have Made Mistakes in Past

They believed that their request to run our airline company with 49%
of capital and into which they would invest millions of Euros would
be a problem.
I told them that this is ideal setup and that we are accepting
their request immediately. In such management structure we would
not have party people who are not coming to work and do not care
about the fate of the company. In September I expect the most
important visit from Sheikh Mohammad to Serbia so far. Of course, I
love my country, but I will easily recommend Bosnia-Herzegovina to
my friend and I believe that they would make a good communication
and good acquaintances with the people from your country”, first
deputy Prime Minister said in an interview for Sarajevo-based Dnevni
Avaz daily.

You are known in the region as a passionate and determined
fighter against corruption and crime. You do not give up in that
battle. How will you continue, are you tired perhaps?
“It will be even stronger, even harsher and there would be
even bigger rebellions here in Serbia over the people who would be
arrested. At the beginning of my mandate I said that there would be
no untouchables.
It will stay like that. We will continue the battle against
corruption and crime with no pardon, since if there were pardons, I
would not be able to say anything to anyone. As you can see, I have
no fear and there is no one who is protected in that manner.

What are Serbia’s experiences on the road to EU and do you have
any advice for politicians in B-H?
“All I know is that you will have equally hard time as we
do, maybe even harder. We managed to push through by force. If we
thought and assessed everything and every move, we would have
never made it, but we have told to the people:
This is all hard and terrible for us, close your eyes, we will
swallow all those frogs on your behalf, wake up in six months and we
will have results. And we did just like that. If you think that it has
been easy for me to go to Kosovska Mitrovica, where they used to
welcome me as a hero, and listen to people welcoming me with the
words: Traitor!, well that is not the case.
But, as you know, I went there, survived that and told
them personally what my opinion was, that the agreement signed in
Brussels was good for them, good for Serbia and its future and our
relations with Albanians.
Prime Minister Ivica Dacic announced during his recent visit to
B-H that we could expect joint sessions of Serbian Government
and B-H Council of Ministers.
“These are good times for all of us who have made
mistakes in the past, we are not ashamed to admit our political
mistakes, I have no problem with that and I would like to speak about
that even if you do not ask me that, to present things without too much
love, to a rational level and rational road.
I believe that there is not a slightest hatred towards
Bosniaks in Serbia today and I say this openly. Not even the slightest!
I tell you that as someone who knows well both sides of Serbia,
national or nationalistic, whatever you wish, and the civic Serbia.
Do you plan to visit Srebrenica?
“I believe that the crucial thing for all of us is to, primarily,
think about the future. Because, if we keep on speaking about the past
all the time, we will not think about the future. But, in order to avoid
any misunderstandings, I do not want to hide behind someone who
committed that horrific crime falsely in the name of people I belong
to.
A horrible, terrible crime, so horrific that you were
ashamed that someone who took part in it belonged to your people. I
have no problem to visit Srebrenica, but before that I wish to talk to
people. I do not wish to make my visit a provocation for any side”,
Aleksandar Vucic said.