Vucic: Explosives Discovery by the Serbian Army Wasn’t Interference in the Upcoming Hungarian Elections

Aleksandar Vucic (BETAPHOTO/MILOS MISKOV)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on April 7 dismissed the allegations that the Serbian Army, by discovering explosives close to the point where the gas pipeline crosses into Hungary, in the vicinity of Serbia’s northern town of Kanjiza, had interfered in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Hungary, adding that the state bodies had acted professionally, responsibly and seriously.

“Throughout the crisis in Serbia, which has now lasted for about 18 months, the army has never said a single word. They have not interfered in Serbian elections, let alone in any foreign elections. Those who say that they wanted to interfere in the Hungarian elections - shame on them! The worst have been the British media outlets, which rushed to publish lies,” Vucic told a news conference at the Presidency building. 

Vucic further said that he had never hidden his wish for the incumbent prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, to win the upcoming elections, but stressed that he would never even think of abusing the Serbian Army for interfering in any foreign elections. 

“And that is why we are silent. And we will keep silent until we are sure what happened and especially until after the elections in Hungary,” he said. 

Vucc, though, revealed that calls had been made from "some regional phones to some embassies in Serbia,” adding that “the person who plotted to do this had a military rank in the army of the country from which he had arrived.” 

“If the pipeline had been blown up, it would not have been possible to prevent a large fire and powerful explosions... We would not have been able to supply gas to Hungary for many months. If it had been close to our valve on the pipeline, we would not have gas supplies for at least a month,” Vucic noted.