Vučić: Political will of Serbia is to be on European path; I understand what EU thinks about my trip to Moscow

After a series of meetings, they addressed the media.

 

Vučić: I did not deceive anyone about going to Moscow

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, stated that he did not mislead anyone about whether he would go to the Victory Day celebration in Moscow.

"Serbia, as Costa said, is always on the European path and, as he said, it may have a disobedient president, but that president has never questioned that path," said Vučić, at a press conference.

President Vučić's address

"I am very happy that I had the opportunity to speak with the President of the European Council and I am satisfied with the content of our talks. I am grateful to President Costa for visiting Serbia, for bringing goodwill to the talks on Serbia's accession to the European Union," said Vučić at the beginning of his address.

He also spoke about the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

"I said that Serbia is always ready for talks, that we have never shied away from dialogue," he pointed out.

"We also talked about the necessity of implementing reforms in our country, one is a set of media laws. As for the law on the regulatory agency, it already started on May 8. It is about the regulatory agency for electronic media. The third concerns the acceptance of ODIHR's recommendations. The EU is the most important partner for us. We have the largest volume of exchange with the EU. Our exports are 52 percent of the Western Balkans. It is important that 4 of the 10 largest exporters from our country are investors from the EU," said Vučić.

He pointed out that he also spoke with Costa about his visit to Moscow.

"I know and understand well what the EU thinks about my trip to Moscow, what they feel. I think it is extremely important to repeat what Serbia's political will is, which is for Serbia to be on the European path, to open Cluster 3 as soon as possible. The atmosphere is not so good because of the trip to Moscow. I believe that there will be understanding in Europe, progress based on merit," Vučić said.

"I believe that we will be able to get the green light. In every place and I have always said that the present and future of Serbia belongs to cooperation and membership in the EU. I understand well their objections that we did not introduce sanctions against Russia. From the beginning, Serbia stood on principle, respecting the UN Charter," said Vučić.

"I hope that I will finish my mandate as the President of the Republic so that Serbia will be closer on the road to the EU," said the President of Serbia.

"It is not mine to listen, but to serve the people, I am the president of Serbia! I announced my visit to Moscow and I never lied, the 'disobedient' president never questioned Serbia's European path," said Vučić.

"I am the president of Serbia and I have to worry about the path of our country. I have to ask all state bodies to work on the European path. Let's compete in that positive sense," added Vučić.