Vučić would complain about Kosovo, but not about Marović, about the allegedly poor hospitality in Montenegro

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said today that Serbia is ready for any type of cooperation with Montenegro in various projects in the fields of infrastructure, transport, tourism and "the economy in general", and that some of the systems in Montenegro, such as the Port of Bar, do not make sense unless they are more intensively connected to the Serbian economy.

"We are very interested in all kinds of projects with Montenegro, we have to ask them whether they are, and we are absolutely for everything: roads, ports, gas pipelines in the future, oil pipelines, absolutely for everything. The Port of Bar can hardly have a big profit and special meaning if it is not linked to Serbian industry. Because the only strong industry in the region is Serbian industry. That makes sense, that is good for Montenegro. Whether they want it or not, that is a question for them. I have no problem, I will always extend my hand and invite our partners from Montenegro to talks," said Vučić at his third press conference, which he held in less than 36 hours on the sidelines of the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tivat.

When asked by "Vijesti" whether, in the spirit of this readiness for cooperation and the fact that yesterday he "asked" the Serbian state authorities not to increase control and not detain Montenegrin citizens at Serbian border crossings, and they immediately obeyed him, he was ready to ask the Serbian state authorities to cooperate with Montenegro on the project of arresting and delivering to Podgorica the finally convicted fugitive from justice Svetozar Marović, who has been living in Belgrade for years, Vučić avoided giving a specific answer.

"There is, but first of all, we will try to cooperate with Montenegro on the issue of respecting the United Nations (UN) Charter, and therefore UN Resolution 1244, which is a thousand times bigger, more serious and more difficult issue," he stressed, alluding to Montenegro's recognition of Kosovo's independence.

He complained about the allegedly poor hospitality he received in Montenegro during his stay at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, recalling the offensive slogans and graffiti that appeared against him in several cities.

"Thank you for the magnificent welcome yesterday, especially in Cetinje. We always welcome guests nicely. That's why I say, 'Vučić, get out of here, you stinking bastard', thank you for that, you're really welcoming. No one has welcomed you like that in Serbia. And ask the mayor of Cetinje to come to Belgrade even more often, just as I know he loves to cheer for Partizan in the Arena, to come even more often, he will never want to see such a sign here about him and Cetinje," Vučić emphasized, adding that "today was a good day - all the people understood everything."

"Once again, I would like to thank everyone for their hospitality. You will always have much better hospitality with us. So now I would like to sincerely thank, not ironically, all the other citizens of Montenegro who welcomed me. Words in thousands of people who said welcome and make me feel at home. Not everyone here is like those who hung these banners that we obviously knew in advance would be hung with such content. Thank you to all these wonderful people. They are always welcome in Serbia and I will always feel at home here with these valuable people who have always respected and loved Serbia," said the Serbian president, who accused some of the media in Montenegro, primarily "Vijesti", of "lying and publishing untruths" about him and Serbia, "only transmitting what Šolak dictated to you from Belgrade."

"You usually don't ask questions, you make them up, and then I have to answer them, but thank you for that too. Thank you all. I wish you all the best," he said.

Asked to comment on the fines imposed on Adria and Prva TV for broadcasting the controversial documentary "Referendum - A Story of Invented Freedom", Vučić said "if that had happened in our country, they would have asked NATO planes to take off."

"How can I tell you? Serbia is a little stronger now, so it's not easy to do that," he said, adding that unlike the authorities in Montenegro, he will not ban the broadcasting of Montenegrin media programs in Serbia.

"If one film or one hour of programming is enough for you to cancel television, television programs, then that says much more not about that program, but about the person who is canceling it. There will be no such cancellations in our country," said Vučić.

Returning to the topic of a group of 87 of his supporters who were sent by charter plane from Belgrade to, as he had previously said, support him before the start of the Summit in Tivat, and who were immediately deported by the Montenegrin police because they considered them a security risk, Vučić said that he found it "a bit funny now that I saw how the Montenegrin security agency organized attacks on us through certain media."

"Speaking, 40 or so of them, they wanted to pay 30.000 euros to stay in a hotel. What the hell, people, are you fighting against tourism? Are you fighting against payment? What did they have to be for nothing, not to pay you something? But when they came to Luštica to put out the fire, they were welcome. Back then, they were brothers from Serbia who came to put out the fire and to put themselves at risk and to help their brothers from Montenegro. And now, just because they carried two flags that did not offend anyone. Which did not say about me, like in your city, that they did not say about anyone that they stink, or that they should go, or that they should run away, but only something nice about their country. Well, then they became great enemies, terrorists, beaters, murderers..." - said Vučić.

He said that during his almost two-day stay in Tivat, he did not have time to meet with the political leaders of the Serbian people in Montenegro, the leaders of the Democratic People's Party (DNP) Milan Knežević and the New Serbian Democracy (NSD) Andrija Mandić, but that he would certainly do so soon.

"I always want to meet them. As far as I understand, Milan injured his shoulder in a match. I don't know what he did. He sent a picture from the hospital. I haven't seen Andrija either, but I believe that in the coming days there will be an opportunity and that we will see each other in Belgrade. I am always ready for any kind of conversation with them. To exchange opinions on the position of our people. To hear their arguments about everything and that's it," Vučić said.

Referring to the German-French non-paper on accelerating the integration of candidate countries into the EU, Vučić said that Serbia is "absolutely in favor of it."

"I think it's a good proposal and I think it will change, I would say, both the rhythm and the energy of accession to the European Union. This does not mean avoiding any obligations, on the contrary, but it means that when you do something, you get recognition for it and you can sit at the table. I believe that in the coming period, with the things we need to do and the reforms we need to do, we will open the third cluster, but very soon we will be ready to open Cluster 2 and some other clusters," he said.

However, after journalists reminded him that according to the non-paper, only candidate countries that have temporarily closed Chapter 31 on foreign and security policy, which is conditional, among other things, on the introduction of sanctions against Russia, which some EU member states are particularly insisting on, can participate as observers in EU Council meetings, Vučić stated: "I didn't even know that was... That's Chapter 31? Is that what it says? That's still an initial proposal. And what, will the final one be better? We can't, obviously."