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Aleksandar Vučić

Former President, Serbia

Search every verified Aleksandar Vučić interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Aleksandar Vučić hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Belgrade in August 2026, marking the first visit by a Ukrainian president to Serbia since 2018. During the visit, Vučić stated that Serbia would fully support Ukraine's bid to join the European Union and would not block its path, while also expressing skepticism about the speed of Ukraine's accession, citing his view that European unanimity on the matter is unlikely. He noted that trade between Serbia and Ukraine had grown significantly, and he mentioned plans to open a drone factory in Serbia in September in collaboration with Israeli partners, inviting Ukrainian officials to the opening. In an interview, Vučić said he believed the world is "at the beginning of a bigger war" and expressed concern that peace efforts had not succeeded. He also said Serbia had not imposed sanctions on Russia, explaining that Serbia had itself been under Western sanctions and that he considered its independent foreign policy to serve Serbian interests. He acknowledged that Serbian ammunition had reached Ukraine through Western partners, while stating that Serbia did not deliver directly. In June 2026, Vučić announced at a political rally that he would resign within weeks, proposing that the ruling coalition's election list be named "United Serbia," and said he would help campaign for the party in upcoming elections.

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“We were selling our ammunition to some or to many western partners to some African countries as well and then that ammunition was ending in a way in Ukraine and Zalinski he knew our rules he knew everything and we were discussing issues what we going to do even after the war what we can do together on third markets even regarding defense industry but not direct deliverance.”

“I think that we are at the beginning of a bigger war and that's why I was hoping that someone else would have done something so far in order to create a peace. It didn't happen and it won't happen soon. Which means that we are on the edge of a much much bigger war.”

“Ja ne verujem u to, da budem sasvim otvoren, da će svi Evropljani da budu blagonakloni ni prema ukrajinskom članstvu. Ja kao što vidite govorim o tome otvoreno. Ne znam. Oni uvek nađu nekoga, za nas će da nađu neke Hrvate, Bugare, Holandane, bilo koga. Za Ukrajince će da nađu neke druge, ali ja ne vidim u ovom trenutku mogućnost da se to realno sprovede u delo.”

“I don't believe in the fact that there will be unanimity in Europe around the acceleration of European integration. I don't believe in that. Unfortunately, it turned out that my skepticism was justified. Unfortunately, it turned out that I was right, as you know. And it's not just a question of the merit-based concept, because we fulfilled four out of four conditions for opening cluster three. We fulfilled all four. ”

“Ja mislim da je to i za naš region. Rekao sam predsedniku Zelenskom da mislim da bi to bilo važno i dobro čak i za Ukrajinu, Moldaviju i druge kako se to kaže istočne zemlje. I mislim da je to realnost. Ja ne verujem u to da budem sasvim otvoren da će svi Evropljani da budu blagonakloni ni prema ukrajinskom članstvu.”

“Mi smo značajno podigli nivo trgovinske razmene između naših zemalja. Prošle godine je ona iznosila oko 450 miliona američkih dolara. Već ove godine u prvih šest meseci je ona značajno više oko 321 milion američkih dolara.”

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