Vučić on Peter Magđar's statement: Tell me who is the godfather of my friendship with Orban - our godfather is "freedom"

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, responding to a statement by the incoming Prime Minister of Hungary, Peter Magyar, about the relationship between the two countries, as well as between Vučić and Viktor Orban, said that he and Orban share the same godfather - which is "freedom of speech, thought and action."

Responding to a question from N1 at a press conference, Peter Magyar said that he would be very happy to meet with the Serbian leadership, even though he knows what connections "exist and may continue to exist in the future between Orban's government and Serbia led by Aleksandar Vučić."

"Just as I know what kind of connections exist between Slovakia's Robert Fico and Viktor Orban, I know roughly who is behind these relations, who is the 'godfather' of these great friendships," he added.

Vučić, while appearing as a guest on RTS, invited the Hungarian to say "who is the godfather"?

"Go ahead and answer, since you know, tell me who's the godfather. He has no idea. It's 'come on, let's not say everything, but let people think it's Putin or someone else'. If we didn't worry about relations with Hungarians in our country, if we didn't worry about relations with Hungary, I would call that statement stupid and irresponsible, I'm not going to do it like this," Vučić said.

He added that this is not "Hungarian's country and that he has no authority to conduct investigations in Serbia," although the Hungarian did not say at any time that he would investigate anything in Serbia, but rather that TISA would investigate the alleged planned attempt to attack the gas pipeline near Kanjiža in parliament, N1 reports.

The Hungarian said it appeared to him that the attack was a "false flag" - sabotage organized by a government, organization or individual, designed to make it appear as if a rival or other party was responsible.

Commenting on this, Vučić stated on RTS that "we conduct investigations in a very professional and objective manner."

"I kept quiet even when they lied that someone had set it up and that it was some kind of false flag and everything, because I didn't want to interfere in the elections. It is known who my friends are and I don't give up on my friends. For better or for worse," he said.

That investigation, he says, established a lot, but "they didn't want to talk about it because there were numerous hooks and baits."

He added that Peter Magar would be informed of the results of the investigation.

Vučić said that he and Orban have a "common godfather", but that it is "not Putin, but freedom".

"Our common godfather is freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of action. Our common godfather is that we love our countries more than anyone and anything else on the planet. That is what our common denominator is," he said.

He stated that he was "crossed out" when many European leaders left power, but that he is still there.

"I don't know who is sponsoring my friendship with Macron, or my friendship with Đorđe Meloni. I've heard such things. I trust my work. As long as my brain serves me, we will win. I don't need government anymore. I've had enough of it and more than anyone in Serbia has ever had since the establishment of the multi-party system. I need what Serbia will do in the future for its citizens," Vučić said.