Kiev will throw away everything it has built with Serbia, if it recognizes Kosovo’s independence, Serbia’s president warned on Tuesday Aleksandar Vucic.

“We consider Ukraine to be our friend. We have never had conflicts or problems with Ukraine, and I hope we never have,” he said at a press conference when asked about the possible recognition of Kosovo’s independence by Kiev. “Just imagine that Ukraine recognizes Kosovo. It will lose everything it had in the past – political trust, it will lose
always,” Vucic was quoted as saying by TASS.

“And in this case, how will (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky) be able to say that he respects international law? No way,” he stressed. “I am sure that Zelensky he will not throw away this trump.”

Pristina declared unilaterally independence in February 2008, and is seeking to join various international organizations, including UNESCO and Interpol.

However, more than 60 countries, including Russia, China, India and five European Union member states are categorically opposed to recognizing Kosovo’s independence.