Vucic: Copy of Maidan will not work, Serbia will win

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday a "copy of Maidan" would not work in Serbia and that Serbia would be preserved and defended.

In a video posted on Instagram, Vucic said he was proud that all lies and untruths told by those who had wanted to destroy Serbia had been refuted.

"I am very proud of how the Serbian state has preserved stability and peace in Serbia despite numerous attempts of destabilisation and attempts to erode peace," Vucic said.

He dismissed as untrue allegations the authorities had used a sound cannon during Saturday's protest in Belgrade.

"They found that sound cannon and showed it as being in the hands of soldiers, Kobre (Cobras) troops, except that it is not a sound cannon, but an anti-drone rifle, an ordinary anti-drone rifle, because the army and Kobre do not have a sound cannon at all. There is no sound cannon in the Serbian Armed Forces," Vucic noted.

"You have made up another vicious lie, thinking that you can destroy Serbia that way. An investigation will be fully completed within 48 hours, and all those responsible for such brutal fabrications and lies will be held accountable and brought to justice. There have been too many jokes and games about destroying Serbia. We will be protecting Serbia and succeed in defending it. Serbia will win," he said.