Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said in New York late on Tuesday that the world is in a dangerous and complicated situation today.
Vučić, who is attending this year’s UN General Assembly, added that at the UN headquarters, “many harsh words” could be heard in that context – and that, as a small country, “we better stay out of any radar.”
Vučić spoke with Serbian journalists at the UN headquarters after the address of US President Donald Trump, who focused on those countries that he considers the greatest security challenge “for the world community,” especially North Korea, and according to the Serbian president, has caused a very divided reception and reactions.
Vučić pointed out that “the situation in the world is very complicated, while it would be better for us, as a numerically and territorially small country, to be quiet and out of any radar, and protect our country and the future of our children.”
“It is our job to do everything to never be on the list of the countries that were today being sent to hell by the American president, to pursue a smart policy, to preserve our country and people and, if necessary, and it is, it is better for me as the president not to show either my own or our pride in every place, to preserve our country, while protecting the interests of Serbia and our citizens,” said the Serbian president.
He said that he “carefully listened” Trump’s speech, and also spoke about it with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with whom he had a bilateral meeting at the UN headquarters, “as well as with representatives of Seychelles, who sit next to us and are very important to us, not only because of the relationship in UNESCO.”
“I am president of a small country and I cannot say everything I think about it, but I can say that we will analyse every word of President Trump. One could see a deep, deep division over his speech in the UN General Assembly hall,” Vučić said.
“Any other comment I might make, I’m not sure would be in our interest,” he said.
Vučić said that he heard “several good messages today, but also a few surprising and difficult for him.”
“We will analyse seriously, we will work on Trump’s speech for days and weeks, as well as the speeches of some others, so that we can find the right conclusions for the conduct of Serbia’s politics in the coming period. Those 45 minutes of the speech we will be analysing for the next 45 days in order to learn how to behave in future and what is best for our country,” he concluded.
