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Can you imagine that after Olaf Scholz's statement that Serbia must recognize Kosovo, Vučić says that Germany has only been doing its job since April 6, 1941
"Croatia was only doing its job, which it has been doing since 1941 and on." This is how Aleksandar Vučić commented on the decision of the European Union that as part of the eighth package of sanctions against Russia, Serbia should be prohibited from importing Russian oil through the Adriatic pipeline. Why? Because "Croatia itself boasted that it was responsible for it."
In an argument with a Croatian journalist, the President of Serbia asked a rhetorical question worthy of Seselj in full capacity: "Who came up with the NDH?" Really - who? "Vučić destroyed the Ustashas," writes Informer. "Ustasha and their allies don't care if something makes sense, but whether it will harm Serbia," shouts Vulin. And not to list further - it's clear.
This speech by Vučić is intended exclusively for tabloids in Serbia. There they will praise his courage, strength, uncompromisingness... Outside the country, the statement of the head of state seems tragicomic. Especially since - while giving it - he also says that he is calm.
Vučić later announced that "at the initiative of Croatia, and with the support of two countries, one Baltic and one not far from the Baltic countries, the derogation of the norm for the Western Balkans was removed from the agenda." Why didn't he name those two countries if he already equated Andrej Plenković's Zagreb and Ante Pavelić's Zagreb? Does it occur to him why the other countries of the European Union accepted the Croatian initiative? And didn't the president of Serbia travel to Prague to wage war against the forty alone, so where did it go?
Vučić is silent on the answers to these questions. They don't fit his Informer diplomacy. In fact, can it be imagined that after Olaf Scholz's statement that Serbia must recognize Kosovo, he says that Germany has only been doing its job since April 6, 1941? There is no theory: "honoring" a large and influential country of the European Union in this way has consequences, and calling out Lithuania or Estonia "doesn't work" in the electorate. That's why Vučić is playing it safe: the Ustašization of Croatia burns more fiercely in Serbia, and it belongs to the folklore of Serbian-Croatian relations.
There is also a double bottom here. The ban on the import of Russian oil to Serbia has been lifted for the time being. What the final decision will be depends on many things. It will also be affected by the fact that Serbia is still the only European country that has not imposed a package of sanctions on Russia, and that Brussels expects the end of the negotiation process with Kosovo.
In other words, if he wants to avoid isolation in Europe, Vučić must meet Brussels and Washington. No matter what, how much and when it is, the president of Serbia is expecting an ungrateful political somersault. And when it's difficult - break it up with the Ustashas. Sešelj personally gave him the recipe back in the nineties.
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