The meeting before the start of the talks in Athens - President Vučić wrote alongside this photo that he posted on Instagram.
"I want to inform the citizens that tomorrow morning, at the request of the Ukrainian president, I will have a bilateral meeting with him." We will talk in private about everything that has been happening around Kosovo recently, about recognition, non-recognition of territorial integrity and all other issues. I believe we will have an open and good conversation."
Earlier, Vučić said that he would repeat Serbia's position, adding that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine, so he hopes that they will also respect Serbia's territorial integrity.
The EU-Western Balkans Summit started today in Athens. The host is the Prime Minister of Greece Kyrios Mitsotakis.
an informal dinner is underway, which, in addition to Vučić, will be attended by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovačeski, the President of the Ministerial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Kristo, and the Prime Minister of Pristina institution Aljbin Kurti.
It was announced that the "Growth Plan for the Western Balkans", promoted by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be presented at the gala dinner, as well as that a declaration will be signed.
According to Sofija Popović, journalist of the "European Western Balkans" portal, it is not expected that the declaration will contain anything that Serbia could refuse to sign.
"It is a regional meeting whose focus is the process of enlargement to the Western Balkans, and it is not in anyone's interest that Serbia does not stand behind such a document", Sofija Popović believes.
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