(29 Aug 2024)
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Belgrade – 29 August 2024
1. French President Emmanuel Macron and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic entering room
2. Macron and Vucic standing together
3. Various of agreements and documents being exchanged between French and Serbian delegations
4. Macron and Vucic standing together
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5. Various of agreements and documents being exchanged between French and Serbian delegations
6. Wide of Macron and Vucic ahead of news conference
STORYLINE:
French President Emmanuel Macron and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday attended the exchange of a series of bilateral agreements in Belgrade.
Vucic on Thursday also announced a $3 billion deal to buy 12 French warplanes, in a move that shifts his country away from its dependence on Russian arms.
The announcement about the Rafale multi-purpose fighter jets was made during a joint news conference in Belgrade with Macron, who was on a two-day visit to Serbia.
Macron called it a ‘’historic and important’’ deal and praised Serbia’s ‘’strategic courage. It’s a true demonstration of European spirit.’’
The acquisition allows Serbia to modernize its air force, which consists mainly of Soviet-made MiG-29 fighters and aging Yugoslav combat aircraft.
Russia has been a traditional supplier of military aircraft, including combat helicopters, to Serbia, which has refused to join international sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
Serbia is formally seeking European Union membership, but under Vucic’s increasingly autocratic rule it has made little progress in the fields of rule of law and democratic reforms, which are the main preconditions for membership in the 27-nation bloc.
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