Vucic does not expect NATO to apologize for air campaign

“They will keep saying that they did the best possible thing and only wanted to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe and if there is any truth in that I have to ask if the killing of thousands, especially 72 Serbian children was just collateral damage? I don’t believe in any kind of institutional apology from NATO,” he said in an interview for the portal. He said that Czech President Milos Zeman’s apology for his country’s involvement in the NATO air campaign would go down in Serbia history textbooks. He said that Zeman is not the last president to apologize. “He is the first but not the last,” Vucic said.

He said that he does not expect any changes in Washington’s attitude towards Serbia and Kosovo. “America recognized Kosovo and does not want back down. It will continue pressuring Serbia but I should not be saying pressure but request for us to recognize Kosovo as independent that is part of American foreign policy which does not change and I expect no changes towards us,” Vucic said.

The Serbian President said he is not an optimist in terms of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue claiming that the Kosovo authorities are not interested in the talks. “If their intention is to wait for someone to pressure Serbia into recognizing Kosovo and blaming it for genocide, I am not optimistic… I don’t know is we will reach a compromise solution and at this time I do not view this with optimism but I do have hope that we will one day,” he said.