Vucevic: Protests in Serbia undeniably carry foreign signature

BELGRADE - Ongoing protests in Serbia undeniably carry a foreign signature, Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said on Monday, adding that, very soon, it would become clear the protests were about political demands rather than about finding out the truth about the Novi Sad railway station tragedy.

"Undeniably, there is a foreign signature there. But who ordered, executed and financed that is a more complex question," Vucevic told reporters when asked to comment on media reports about involvement of Croatian secret services in the protests through a group of Croatian students and a Ukrainian man.

He said it was interesting how "someone in the neighbourhood" wanted to interfere in Serbia's internal affairs and always act in a way that was the opposite of the way Serbia was acting.

"Everyone should be wondering what the 37 or however many students specialised in such rebellions were doing in Belgrade and Serbia and what that Ukrainian, who has already been detained, was doing," Vucevic said.

The PM added that he did not know how the Ukrainian national had entered Serbia again and that, during his tenure as Serbian defence minister, the Military Security Agency had detained the man for flying drones over Serbian defence facilities.

"The question is how that man got in now. But you have heard how many people intervened and said: 'Let him go, do not touch him,' Vucevic said, referring to a statement by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, who said on Sunday the Ukrainian's arrest had been followed by unprecedented pressure from foreign ambassadors aimed at getting the man released.