Serbia’s economic successes became possible thanks to friendship with Russia and China. Thus, the causes of the country’s development explained the Serbian president Alexander Vucich in an interview for the Youtube channel “Soloviev Live”.
“we built more hospitals over the past seven years than for the previous 70, over the past two years, 2020-2021, we have the highest rates of economic growth in the country, about 6.7 percent. Some -5 percent, and We have +7.5 percent, 7.6 percent economic growth, “the president said.
He also noted that the huge investment in the national economy come from the European Union. However, according to him, Serbia’s policy should be independent and sovereign. “Serbian politics will never be hostile to the Russian Federation. I am openly talking about it, and I say to everyone in the world, I never hid it,” Vucich added.
November 16, the Serbian president said that Belgrade wants to increase the purchase of Russian gas to three billion cubic meters per year. Vucić noted that he wants to decide with the Russian side a number of issues, they relate to the price of gas, volumes, the timing of the contract and its flexibility.