PM: We have recognizable policy, and stick to it

(Tanjug)

PM: We have recognizable policy, and stick to it

BERLIN -- PM Aleksandar Vučić has said that Serbia has "a recognizable and good policy that it firmly adheres to" - and that "German Chancellor Angela Merkel knows that."

The greatest achievements of Thursday's conference on the Western Balkans held in Berlin are "regional stability, economic prosperity and progress, and long-term problem solving," Vučić told Serbia's public broadcaster RTS.

Asked whether Serbia will find itself "in a position between the EU and the Russian capital," he said, "we can hope for a good solution, but it will not be easy."

"But we must work in the interest of Serbia, and we will seek the support and assistance of Germany in that. I am not afraid that Serbia will find itself between the hammer and the anvil, we are on the European path, but we cannot be tearing down some traditional friendships and what are Serbia's economic interests," Vučić said, recalling that he was elected to lead the government, and that he is "responsible to the people of Serbia."

According to Vučić, he discussed the Ukrainian crisis with Merkel, and exports of agricultural products, "and the not-so-easy situation in which Serbia finds itself."

"But Serbia has not made its policy to last 24 or 48 hours, it was thought through, it is responsible and serious, and we adhere to it," Vučić was quoted as saying.

When asked whether this was criticized by the German chancellor, he said:

"I cannot say that Merkel agrees with what we are doing one hundred percent, but we hold to our policy firmly."

Vučić also said that Serbia at the meeting came out with "five concrete proposals":

"I think our host...

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