Vucic: Why is only Serbia's territorial integrity not respected?

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Czech counterpart Milos Zeman, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that, to a great extent, they were in agreement on the Ukraine war, and noted that Serbia respected the territorial integrity of Ukraine but that Serbia's own territorial integrity should be respected, too.

"We are not an EU member state yet, even though we are on the European path, but we are not a member of the North Atlantic alliance either, and 19 NATO countries bombed our country 24 years ago. Those memories are very vivid here - around 2,500 people, including 82 children, were killed then," Vucic said at a press conference with Zeman in response to a query by Czech reporters whether they agreed on the issue of Russia sanctions and on a solution to the Ukraine war.

Vucic noted that Western media had run articles alleging that Serbia was set to attack someone in the region.

A year after the start of the Ukraine war, Serbia has not attacked anyone, Vucic noted.

"No one has said 'sorry' to us, because the pattern of untruths about Serbia is ongoing, and someone must justify their unlawful moves from 1999," he said.

He noted that Serbia respected the territorial integrity of Ukraine, UN resolutions and the UN order.

"Why do others not respect UN SC Resolution 1244?" he asked.

"My question to representatives - the 'fives' the 'fours', the 'threes' and all those coming to Belgrade: How come you have respect for all UN resolutions, except for the one concerning Serbia's territorial integrity? Then what do you expect from the Serbs?" Vucic added.