Vucic: I want good relations with NATO, but we will not cross certain lines

SOKOBANJA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday he wanted Serbia to have a partnership and the closest relations with NATO but that there were lines the country must not cross.

Addressing residents of Sokobanja, eastern Serbia, Vucic reiterated Serbia was one of the few countries that were pursuing an independent and militarily neutral policy and that this would remain the case as long as he was president.

"As long as I am president, we will not join NATO or any other military bloc... I cannot ignore the wish of the people. I want us to have the closest relations with those who attacked us in 1999, but we must have certain lines we will not cross. Serbia will defend its people on its own," Vucic said.