Vučić: I'm going to Montenegro, and I'll talk about the other games there

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić confirmed that he will travel to Montenegro today for the EU-Western Balkans Summit, emphasizing that it is important for him to go and represent Serbia despite warnings from the Security and Intelligence Agency (BIA) not to go and that his life is in danger.

"I received the letter from the BIA, I read it. I did not talk about it with Antonio Košta. I am going there, it is very important for me to represent Serbia," said Vučić, answering questions from reporters after a meeting with the President of the European Council, Antonio Košta.

Vučić added that he will talk about other matters related to the latest developments in Montenegro when he is in Tivat.

"Let me say everything I have to say to your face. About these various games where Serbia is presented as a small Russia, and they as the tortured Baltic countries, always threatened by us. I will talk about that below because I am not afraid to tell the truth," Vučić said.

Asked about his motives for leaving, Vučić said that he had given his word to Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa and that his word was more important than anything else.

Vučić interrupted an RTS journalist who tried to ask him about the statement by the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it would do everything to ensure that all guests were safe.

"I don't care what anyone's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, if possible, on another topic," said Vučić.

In his address after the meeting with Košta, the president told the EU guest: "See you tonight in Montenegro, if I don't pose a hybrid threat."

The BIA issued a statement on Wednesday evening stating that Vučić had been warned not to travel to Montenegro and that his life was in danger there, because the leader of the "Kavač clan", Radoje Zvicer, is allegedly in Montenegro.

This statement by the BIA was preceded by the decision of the Montenegrin authorities to return from Tivat about 90 Serbian citizens who arrived on an Air Serbia charter flight. Montenegrin police announced that they were found with banners saying "Serbia wins" and communication equipment. The media linked the individuals from this flight to last year's attacks on students.

The response of the Serbian authorities was to detain Montenegrin citizens at border crossings with Serbia and to ban certain persons from Montenegro from entering the country.