Vucic: KFOR fairer than some Western gov'ts, but I expect negative response

BAKU - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in Baku the KFOR mission in Kosovo-Metohija was acting in a way that was much fairer than the actions of some Western governments, but noted that he expected a negative response to Belgrade's request for re-deployment of up to 1,000 Serbian troops to the province.

"I expect them to issue a negative response, they are capable of performing their duty and KFOR's behavior is much fairer than that of some Western governments. Unlike everyone else, they are behaving in line with UN SC Resolution 1244 in a serious and responsible way," Vucic told reporters at the end of an official visit to Azerbaijan.

He said Azerbaijan's President Ihham Aliyev had told him earlier in the day that only small countries were obliged to respect international law, while powerful ones could rely on the law of the stronger.

Vucic said this was true and added that those who were stronger were able to do what they wanted, but noted that, "when you are cornered, you have nothing to lose until the end."

"Once we have no way out, like a rat that has been cornered, we will fight with all four legs," he said.

Asked if he was aware of a statement by Germany's ambassador to Pristina, who has been quoted as saying that Germany had "shattered illusions about Serbian domination in the Balkans," Vucic responded ironically:

"I congratulate him on that - what matters is that he has confirmed someone else's domination, whereas they are complaining about us talking about their domination."

"But that is alright. We have no domination, we have not dreamed about domination but about cooperation with Germany," he added.

Wishing the ambassador much success in the future, Vucic said:

"As far as we are concerned, we want the best cooperation with Germany, but we have our country and our people. We want to have the best relations with Germany."