Vucic: I did not sign anything in Brussels

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday evening he had not signed anything in Brussels because an EU plan implied that Serbia should not oppose the so-called Kosovo's UN membership.

"It does imply that, and that is why I did not sign it," Vucic said in an appearance on an RTS talk show.

"I have already spoken about that (in the parliament)," Vucic said, adding that France, Germany and the US were "advocating an independent Kosovo."

He said the consequences of rejecting the EU plan included a halt of European integration and withdrawal of foreign investments.

"...That also means a halt of further investments, a significant decline of the employment rate and a rise of unemployment," he said.

"Right now, 80,000 of our people work at factories owned by Germany alone, while French, Italian, US, Austrian and many other Western companies are directly employing around 300,000 people and, indirectly, many more," Vucic said.

"There would be a series of other comprehensive measures, including Serbia becoming a pariah state isolated from the world," he said.

He said there had been no secret negotiations on Kosovo-Metohija.

"I want to say what has been going on for several months now so that people understand the overall picture, because this is not about one article, one paper or one meeting. There was a discussion in Brussels yesterday. We reached no agreement, we had discussions, we will continue discussions and there will be many more discussions," he said.