Vucic: Ukraine will lose everything if it recognizes Kosovo

2023-08-08 19:39:36, Kosova & Bota CNA

The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vu?i?, has said that Ukraine will lose everything it has within a day, if it recognizes Kosovo's independence.

"After that, how can she say that she adheres to international law? Vucic said on August 8.

He added that Ukraine is a friendly country of Serbia, and that there are no problems in relations between the two countries.

Vu?i? made these comments during a joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, in Belgrade, where they answered questions about a letter from the deputies from the countries of the European Union (EU) and the United States, who requested measures on strict towards Serbia.

On August 7, dozens of politicians from Europe and the United States sent a letter to top EU and Washington officials, asking them to change their approach to Kosovo and Serbia.

Serbia does not recognize the independence of Kosovo, but with the mediation of the European Union, Belgrade and Pristina are in talks for the normalization of relations.

Vucic said that the letter of the European and American deputies "is not against me, but against Serbia."

"I'm proud that Alicia Kearns and Bob Menendez attack me, but I'm also proud when I see that the names that were there before are no longer there ," added Vucic.

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Serbia, Volodymyr Tolkach, said on Tuesday that in Ukrainian society voices are growing more and more for the recognition of Kosovo's independence, and that a certain number of deputies in the Parliament of Ukraine are supporting the position for possible recognition. of Kosovo.

Ukraine does not recognize the independence of Kosovo, declared in February 2008.

"Ukraine's position is principled and stable - Ukraine respects Serbia's territorial integrity," said Ambassador Tolkach's statement.

But, Toklach said that the leadership of Kosovo "has taken a clear stance on condemning the Russian aggression against Ukraine, especially by sanctioning the aggressor".

He admitted that it is no surprise that voices are growing more and more in Ukrainian society in support of recognizing Kosovo's independence.

"Ukraine, as a democratic country that respects freedom of speech, cannot limit the expression of the opinion of other politicians, the professional circle or the public", he emphasized./REL