Kiev Closer to Joining EU than Belgrade: Serbian President

Ukraine is closer to joining the EU than Serbia or any other candidate country, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said.

Vucic told Pink TV on Wednesday that the countries’ candidacy was among the issues he discussed with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky during their meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland earlier in the day.

“When it comes to joining the EU, Ukraine is closer than us... probably closer than anyone else, to it,” he said.

Belgrade “has been on this path for much longer,” but Kiev has an advantage due to “political reasons,” the president said, apparently referring to the military and political support that Brussels has been providing to Ukraine during the conflict with Russia.