Vucic: Kosovo-Metohija situation will be set up in increasingly harsh manner

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday evening he was afraid the situation regarding Kosovo-Metohija and Republika Srpska would be set up in an "increasingly harsh manner" in the period to come and that the West would become increasingly nervous ahead of the March 17 elections in Russia.

In an appearance on a Happy TV talk show, Vucic said it was to be anticipated that Russian President Vladimir Putin would expect success on the battlefield while, on the other hand, elections were to be held in Taiwan, with European Parliament elections upcoming as well.

"The hawks who are against Serbia, like Groselj and Viola von Cramon and all the others who will come to preach us, will be even more aggressive and explain to us that the choice we have made is not good and that there is no democracy here, while they are very big democrats. And they will keep doing that all the way until May," Vucic said.

Then, the entire world will focus on the US elections, but that means nothing, he added.

"That will be a duel the entire world is waiting for, but we must survive politically and progress economically. We must have experienced people who will steer our ship," Vucic said.

Commenting on a recent BBC article on Serbia, Vucic said it portrayed him as an autocrat but that the Serbian economy was in good shape.

"We will be successful in that regard, but we cannot grow if there are external problems," he said.