Serbia is selling, not gifting arms, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday. Touring a bypass construction site near Belgrade, Vucic also stressed he was proud of the results achieved by the country's defense industry.

Serbia has a state-owned company, Jugoimport SDPR, he recalled, that should be profitable and sell weapons.

"Our job is to earn as much as possible. We broke records last year, and I believe this year we will sell even more arms," Vucic stressed, when journalist asked him to comment on Kosovo Minister Pacolli's statement about Serbia "gifting weapons in exchange for countries withdrawing their recognition of Kosovo."

Vucic stressed that Serbia has nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to selling weapons.

"We are not gifting arms. We are selling them, and I brag about it. I will hold special, open meetings for the people and resent the results. We are financing our roads, too, from what we earn that way," he said, and reiterated that "we are selling, and we are making money."

The president stressed that he "doesn't know the meaning of the said accusation coming from Kosovo."

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