Serbia‘s president mentioned Thursday that Russia would win the battle towards Ukraine, regardless of rising assist from Western international locations.
“I’m not sure what Russia can do on the battlefield, and I’m not sure what it can do politically. It is best to make a truce as soon as possible,” Aleksandar Vucic mentioned on Serbian broadcaster Happy TV.
The president plans in October to go to China the place he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier, Ukrainian politicians introduced Ukraine’s readiness to acknowledge Kosovo‘s independence. Vucic mentioned Ukraine is pleasant with Serbia, however Serbia won’t change its place in figuring out Kosovo.
“I don’t believe that (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy will do that. Whatever decision they make, they would destroy all their principles based on their position,” mentioned Vucic.
Following the April elections in northern Kosovo, the EU mentioned the low turnout amongst Serbs wouldn’t deliver long-term political options to the municipalities.
Ethnic Serbs have been protesting the election of Albanian mayors since late May.
NATO despatched 700 extra troops on May 30 to assist the Kosovo Force (KFOR), the alliance-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo, after 30 of its troopers had been injured throughout the unrest. A contingent of Turkish troops was among the many reinforcements.
Kosovo and Serbia should resolve disputes and agree to maneuver ahead in changing into an EU member state.
When Pristina declared independence 15 years in the past, most UN member states, together with the U.S., UK, France, Germany, and Türkiye, acknowledged it as a separate nation from Serbia. Yet Belgrade nonetheless considers Kosovo an autonomous province of Serbia.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
