US pressuring Serbia over sending deminers to Syria?

The Serbian president on Wednesday addressed allegations that the United States was pressuring Serbia over "the sending" of its deminers to Syria.

Beta is reporting that Aleksandar Vucic said there was pressure "from the one, the other, the third side."

His comments concern media reports that said the real reason behind a recent "clash" between Serbia's defense minister and the US ambassador was the fact Serbia's deminers, trained and financially assisted by the Americans, would be sent to Syria, and work "on the Russian side."

Regarding these speculations, Vucic said that no decision has been made yet - but that he noticed that "both the ones and the others and the thirds" had already started to exert pressure, via the media.

"I have no answer… We are doing everything we can to preserve our independence. We are fighting for Serbia and Serbian interests,...