Serbia's focus on building bridges to whole world, Vucic says on US TV show

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told the US television network Newsmax on Friday Serbia's focus was on building bridges - not only to countries in its region, but the whole world.

In a post on his buducnostsrbijeav Instagram profile after making a guest appearance on the Wake Up America morning news programme, Vucic wrote that it had been a pleasure to him to talk about current political affairs in the region with host Rob Finnerty and former US envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Richard Grenell.

"I noted once again that Serbia's focus is on building bridges, not only to countries in the region, but the whole world," Vucic added.

On the show, Vucic said he was very concerned over escalatory measures taken recently by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti and noted that Belgrade expected a strong signal from the US administration and the EU.

He is doing it just to provoke the Serbs and I do not know what he expects, Vucic said in a comment on tensions between Belgrade and Pristina, adding that reactions by US State Secretary Antony Blinken and the EU had not been strong enough to persuade Kurti to stop provocations.

He also noted that the Brussels Agreement had been signed over ten years ago and that, under the document, Pristina had a commitment to establish a Community of Serb Municipalities but had not done that.