Vučić with Scholz: "Scholz brought new energy and new hope"

President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, was the first to speak, saying that he was "the president of a country for which a conversation with the chancellor is much more important than the chancellor's with him."
"What people are going through is that Serbia and Germany are cooperating better in the field of economy. We have an increase in exchange of more than 25 percent compared to the previous year," he said.
He also spoke with Scholz about "not so easy issues".
"Scholz has brought new energy and new hope. He wants to hear everyone in the Western Balkans and wants real prospects for EU expansion which is an important, excellent message for everyone in the Western Balkans. We also talked about the fact that Serbia must progress much faster in terms of the rule of law, democracy...", he said.

They also talked about other topics on which we do not always have full agreement, about open issues of Belgrade and Pristina.
"I pointed out everything that was not fulfilled from the Brussels agreement. I understood the chancellor's message that it is important to make a number of smaller steps and we will do our best to make progress in relations with Pristina," Vucic said.
According to him, they also touched on the situation in Europe and the world.
"Chancellor Scholz called on Serbia to join in the sanctions against the Russian Federation 'in a determined and sharp manner', that is to support the restrictive measures that the European Union introduced and I spoke of our position and the specific situation with Kosovo, energy and traditional relations with Russia. We talked about the upcoming winter, I pointed out all the difficulties we are already facing today," Vucic said at a joint news conference.
He also stated that...