The Prime Minister: Serbia is NEVER going to recognize Kosovo but will be the member of EU!

The Prime Minister of Serbia is, for the first time, sure that Serbia is going to be the 29th member of European Union. He points out that it is not a matter whether will Zagreb influence on our path towards that goal. but it is a matter of building the future together. He said that the stability is the key word in conducting his politics.

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- Serbia has firmly set the course towards the EU - said the prime minister in his interview for ''Neue Zuricher Zeitung'' and went on to say that Serbia is going to fulfill her obligations and progress in that path.

When asked if he expected Zagreb to back up the Serbia's joining the EU, Vucic noted that he never criticizes the neighbouring countries.

- I see our neighbours as a side that needs to be faced - he said.

He said that he applies the strategy of not reacting at provocations. He said that he noticed Serbian journalists expecting an answer to Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic's state that all Serbians in Croatia are Croats:

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- Let's give her some more time to adjust. She has just been recently elected. We do not react not because we are weak or scared, but because we care for the stability in the West Balkans. The stability is the key word - Vucic noted.

As far as Kosovo is concerned, he reminded of beginning of a dialogue, alongside many compromises by which Serbian population may not always be content.

We are, however, not ready to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. I hope Brussels doesn't expect only concessions by Serbia - he said.

He added that other countries in the region may be facing bigger problems, but he never said which ones.

Vucic stated that Serbia supports the territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina and that Republic of Srpska is a part of Bosnia.

(Telegraf.rs / Tanjug)