Vucic: Lavrov is right, Western double standards for Kosovo and Crimea

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stated in an address from Paris that he agrees with Sergei Lavrov's assertion that the West applies double standards, emphasizing that "when they were taking Kosovo, they invoked human rights, and now they are invoking the UN Charter".

Vucic highlighted that Lavrov was correct in stating that the "West applauded" when they were taking Kosovo.

"When they were taking Kosovo from us, their mouths were full of human rights, of life destinies, and today they are invoking the United Nations Charter, everything they didn't give us the right to invoke. Nothing new. They even held some sort of referendum in Crimea, while those in Kosovo didn't even hold a formal referendum. They didn't care at all; the Americans said 'you can do whatever you want,' and they did whatever they wanted," said the President of Serbia.

According to him, the West now doesn't know how to explain this, and the Russians will increasingly use the "Kosovo precedent" in their policy.

Vucic also stated that he will not give up Kosovo and will not go to a referendum.

Speaking about the article in "Slobodna Bosna" reported by RTK, which claims that some media in Kosovo are subordinate to the Serbian president, he stated that this is one of a thousand lies.

He also added that by September 5th or 6th, he will have the opportunity to host French President Emmanuel Macron.

Vucic denied reports from certain media outlets that he met with Milan Radoicic in Kragujevac.