The Serbian president says it is a deterrent, not a threat. The article continues under video advertising The article continues under video advertising BELEHRAD. Serbia unveiled the recently delivered Chinese anti-aircraft missile system HQ-22, the export version of which is known as FK-3, to the public on Saturday. that the accumulation of weapons in the Balkans could threaten a fragile peace there. A deterrent, not a threat At the end of the parade at the military airport near Belgrade, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučič declared that the recently delivered HQ-22 system was not “a threat to anyone” and was only a “strong deterrent” against potential attackers. “We will no longer allow us to be a punching bag for someone,” Vučič said, apparently referring to a 78-day NATO bombing of Serbia for Belgrade’s bloody crackdown on Kosovo separatists in 1999. Serbia is an ally of Russia and rejects sanctions on Serbia, which was in the 1990s in the war with its neighbors, does not recognize Kosovo’s independence declared in 2008. It still has cold relations with NATO members from the Balkans – Croatia and Montenegro, as well as Bosnia, from where the separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad arrived in Belgrade for a arms parade. Dodik, as the AP noticed. “We will no longer allow us to be a punching bag for someone.” Aleksandar Vučič, Serbian President Vučič, has announced that Serbia is also negotiating the purchase of French Dessault Rafale multi-role fighters as well as British Eurofighter Typhoon fighters. He said that the purchase of Western aircraft could be prevented only by “political obstacles”. The AP recalled relatively widespread fears that Russia, which had started a war in Ukraine more than two months ago, could push its ally – Serbia – into an armed conflict with its neighbors. According to the AP, Moscow could try to distract the public from the war in Ukraine, at least in part. . China Subscribe to topic Subscribe New: Receive notifications of new articles in the monitored topic by e-mail. Try the new feature and turn on the subscription.