VUČIĆ SPAKE TRUTH TO POWERFUL LEADERS: Why Don't You Go to Zelensky and Ask Him to Give Up Crimea?
President Aleksandar Vučić compared Kosovo and Metohija to Crimea and asked Western officials if they were ready to go to Ukraine and ask Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of that country, "listen, don't think about the past, what happened with Crimea in 2014 happened, but who cares".
TL;DR
- President Vučić compared Serbia's situation with Kosovo to Ukraine's with Crimea, questioning Western officials' consistency.
- He argued that Western powers are hypocritical in urging Serbia to move past its history regarding Kosovo while not applying the same to Ukraine regarding Crimea.
- Vučić stated that international law is not applied equally, as Serbia's territorial integrity violations are often ignored while Russia's are condemned.
- He noted that many countries, including China and Russia, do not recognize Kosovo's independence.
- Vučić expressed that Serbia is not fully aligned with the EU's foreign policy and cannot be part of NATO.
- He emphasized that Europe must resolve its own problems efficiently.