Serbia goes to European Union, but will be friends with Russia

As previously reported, Presidential and extraordinary parliamentary elections took place in Serbia on Sunday. The head of Serbia Alexander Vucific has already announced his victory in the election of the head of state in the first round.

“According to our data, I scored from 59.8 to 60.1%, – he told on Sunday at a press conference at the headquarters of the Serbian progressive party.” I managed to do what Nobody could have done in Serbia. I am the only one who won twice in the first round, “reports TASS.

In his speech, Vucic noted a great influence of the war in Ukraine for the results of parliamentary elections: “The influence of the Ukrainian crisis on the election results was huge, everything sharply moved to the right. Serbian progressive party … Received less votes …”.

Speaking about the Foreign Poland of Serbia, Vucić noted that this course provides for the entry into the European Union while maintaining friendly relations with Moscow and Beijing, as well as the development of Washington connections. “I believe that there are numerous challenges before us, but for Serbia it is most important to have good relations in the region, on the other hand, to continue your European path, but at the same time not to destroy your connections with traditional friends …”, Vuchich emphasized.

“What is important for Europeans, for the Russians, and for Americans – we will continue to pursue a military neutrality policy, which has gained great support, and we will not join any military union,” he said.

The head of the Serbian state noted that Serbia will strive to preserve partnership and friendly relations with Russia: “We have good, worthy relationships, we try such relationships and save, we have partnerships in many areas. We must now see what to do In the area of ​​oil, we will have negotiations on the issue of gas prices, we will all continue all this. “

“In any case, I guarantee that in Serbia no one will never eliminate Dostoevsky from schools, since Dostoevsky most of all other writers in the world combined. No one will exclude Tchaikovsky’s Opera, because it does not make any sense. So we We will try to keep in a better form not only correct and partner, but also friendly relations with the Russian Federation, “Vucich explained.