Vucic: I would not say this is an ultimatum

BELGRADE - A decision on the implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on telecommunications is due in the coming period, and it will certainly be a difficult one for Serbia, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Wednesday, noting he could not say the country was facing an ultimatum.

"I would not say this is an ultimatum, this is about the discussions we had in Brussels," Vucic said, commenting on a statement by the head of the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric, who said earlier in the day Serbia was facing an ultimatum.

It is not a literal ultimatum, but Serbia is constantly facing political conditions that are always related to Kosovo-Metohija, while there are no such conditions for other EU membership candidates, Vucic said.

In such circumstances, we must be aware that "they will not open the (negotiation) chapters for us if we say no," Vucic said.<...