Vucic: China's support even stronger, I conveyed our frustration to Lajcak

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in New York he had met with Chinese FM Wang Yi and that China's top diplomat had expressed even more strongly the support for Serbia's territorial integrity regarding the Kosovo-Metohija province.

Vucic said he had also met with the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak to point out that everything signed and accepted under the Brussels Agreement had been destroyed.

"I spoke with Chinese FM Wang Yi in a truly friendly discussion and I am grateful for the steely friendship and support. I think Wang Yi was very resolute and clear when it comes to respect of international public law and Serbia's territorial integrity," Vucic told reporters, noting that China's messages were always clear but that Wang's statement on the issue even seemed to be slightly stronger.

He said he had also discussed all problems in the Middle East and the Balkans with the president of Iran.

"He presented his positions and I presented mine," Vucic said.

"I would like to thank them for supporting the territorial integrity of Serbia, just like we will always support the territorial integrity of every internationally recognised country, including Iran, of course. We also discussed some other, economic topics," he said.

"This morning, US time, I had a discussion with Lajcak and I told him how embittered and frustrated we are by everything, by the destruction of all that was signed and accepted in Brussels in 2013 - by police troops in the north (of Kosovo-Metohija), the ban on the dinar and post offices, the ban on Serbian goods from central Serbia and by reasons that are always made up, in fact, with the sole objective of expelling the Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija," Vucic said.