"Kosovo like Donetsk and Luhansk".
This was the comparison made by Vladimir Putin at the end of his meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in late April.
He upheld "the decision of the United Nations International Court of Justice for Kosovo, according to which in the exercise of the right to self-determination, the territory of a state is not obliged to seek permission to declare its sovereignty to the central authorities and the same "This can be applied to the regions of Ukraine." This came after Russia's attempts to annex the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic to the Donbas region.
Belgrade did not like the statement of the Russian head of state at all. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic stressed how the situation has changed for the worse following statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"There was no intention to harm Serbia, but he raised the issue of Kosovo in a different way, to protect Russian interests. But now we will have to face the problem, because the West will ask Serbia to move forward with speed towards the recognition of Kosovo ", said the Serbian leader.
Vucic is trying to buy time for such a delicate issue as he awaits new international developments.