Serbian president: We need to reach compromise

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said this in an interview for the espreso.rs website.

He is convinced that "those who do not understand that will lead Serbia into the greatest tragedy from which we will exit defeated, more defeatedg than ever."

"If people do not understand it, and I see that they don't, I also have no problem with that. But, to lead a policy in the future that will bring Serbia into the worst tragedies, I will not," Vucic said, and added:

"I will raise Serbia's national pride and national dignity, to get more than we had before."

"Much more than we had during the time of those who lost everything. To protect our people in Kosovo and Metohija, but also in all other places. For the Serbs to stand up and feel that they are on their own and have the protection of their Serbia. To lead Serbia into wars and conflicts that we cannot come out of as winners, I will not," said Vucic.

Asked if he could "more specifically explain the term 'delimitatio of Kosovo' - he replied that he "never said it in that way, but instead spoke about establishing a border between us and Albanians."

When the journalist remarked that if we establish a border, that means that we have "recognized them," the president said:

"Wait, wait, my question for you is: do you think we can do this for another hundred years? Do you want to solve the problem or not? You want to leave it to your and our children, do you want them to go to the trenches tomorrow? I would not like my child to go in the trenches. I want my child, one, and the other, and the third, to think about the future they will have, both the one who is of army age at 21, and the little one who's a year and a half."

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