Vucic: We will stand by our red lines on Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - Ahead of Monday's meeting of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday evening that, whatever happened, he would stand by Serbia's red lines on Kosovo-Metohija that he had recently spoken about in the parliament.

"Of course, we will be under pressure, our situation is not simple and this is pressure on Serbia, but it is not the first time in history or in the past ten or eleven years," Vucic told reporters in Belgrade after the opening of an international tourism fair.

Peace must be preserved and we must be ready for compromise, but we "must not give Serbia to anyone," he noted.

Speaking about the Ukraine war, Vucic said Serbia wanted peace and that Ukraine was a friendly country.

"What would be the problem with Serbia's behaviour except for the fact it does not want to show hostility towards the Russian Federation either? We want peace, that is Serbia's desire and that has been and will remain the policy of Serbia," Vucic noted.

"We have nothing against Ukraine - on the contrary, we are showing solidarity with the people," Vucic said, adding that he had visited Ukrainian refugees in Vranje, southern Serbia, with Ukraine's ambassador to Belgrade and that Serbia had sent aid to Ukraine.