Vucic Says Weapons Never Sold to Either Ukraine or Russia

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Feb. 2 (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on March 5 that not a single piece of Serbian weapons or munitions had been sold to either Russia or Ukraine and that anyone who said otherwise was "a liar, an informant, and should be ashamed because they are hurting Serbia."

"In accordance with international law, there are so-called permitted users and Serbia can only export to these countries. We did everything in accordance with the law. We are pure as the driven snow," Vucic said in Doha, where he took part in a conference held by the United Nations.

In response to claims that weapons were exported to Ukraine from Serbia via Turkey, he said Serbia had "additionally protected" itself knowing that it was possible that some of the goods could end up elsewhere. "We added that it was impossible to export the ammunition we gave to Turkey without our consent," Vucic said, adding that Serbia "never made anyone go to war."

Asked about Kosovo, he reiterated that Serbia would "face pressure that is not light" at all and that "there have been innumerable lies, untruths in these few days on that count, too." "A lot of people were terribly irritable, angry, hoping that I would sign something and that they would be able to say that Serbia lost, though they were never worried about Serbia but only about their seats, whether they could get a seat and a full treasury, which they did nothing to fill," Vucic said.