Vucic: Nobody can circumvent the sanctions against Russia through the territory of Serbia

After the meeting with the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said that they had also discussed foreign policy topics and that he had understood well his remarks regarding the harmonization of Serbia's foreign policy.

"No one can circumvent the sanctions against Russia through the territory of Serbia, because we are not criminals making money from anyone's suffering during the war. We have a good economy and finances. With this kind of EU help, we have nothing to worry about," the President of Serbia said.

The President then expressed his gratitude to Ursula von der Leyen for the EU's financial aid of 165 million euros, which was a significant amount of money for Serbia.

"I express my gratitude to Varhelyi, to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. We spend no less than 200 million euros on gas, every month at combined prices, and only on the import of electricity between 42 million euros, and as it is expected we will spend up to 100 million euros in December," says Vucic.

As he stated, the talks had been also about diversification, where he had referred the commissioner to the possibility of Serbia acquiring additional amounts of electricity from Azerbaijan.

"We talked about interconnectors between Serbia and North Macedonia, about projects such as the Belgrade-Nis high-speed railway, and many other projects with the EU," Vucic added.