Ivica Dacic speaks about elections in Serbia after consultations with President Vucic

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Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader and Deputy PM Ivica Dacic said today after consultations with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic that his party is always ready for elections, but that he is in favor of holding regular elections or for early elections be as close as possible to the regular deadline, adding that they also discussed foreign policy and strategic goals and that there is no disagreement there.

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"You know my position regarding elections. That's why I told him (Vucic), if you called to talk about that, you didn't even have to call me. As far as I can see, only Vucic is in favor of (early) elections in this country. I'm in favor of regular elections, it must be known when elections are held, if (frequent) elections were a good thing, they would be held in that way in some other organizations such as the Church. But I don't mind, we are always ready for elections," Dacic told reporters after his meeting with Vucic.

He also stressed that he is not sure that those who have been demanding elections are ready for them and that they want them.

"Regarding that, as I said, I think elections should be and be held within the deadlines. Will that be both presidential and parliamentary elections, we will see. Elections should be as close as possible to those regular deadlines as provided by the Constitution and laws," Dacic reiterated.

He added that the SPS is "ready for elections as always, because the SPS is indestructible."

When it comes to other topics, Dacic said that he and the president discussed strategic issues as well as foreign policy and that there are no disagreements on that front.

"We are proud of our good cooperation during all these years. We have no problems, we have no disagreements when it comes to strategic goals, where our country is headed. So even at this moment, as far as foreign policy orientation is concerned, since it's one of the topics, we know that it's difficult on the international stage, but we also believe that Serbia has a state leadership that, above all, takes care of Serbia's interests and that it will continue with such a policy. Elections would not contribute anything to solving all those problems that could arise due to some major international economic crisis," said Dacic.

Dacic noted that this is his first work meeting after February 25 and that in the aftermath of his illness he is still not working at full capacity, but that he responded to the invitation out of respect he has for the president of the Republic as the SPS leader.

He added that he is satisfied with the cooperation between the SPS and the SNS and that the goal of the SPS is to strengthen its presence in the public.

"In that sense, I wanted to be present here today, even though the doctors don't really like me exposed to this lifestyle, because three months after this event is the time when I have to go for regular check-ups and during which I have to reduce my activities. That's all," said Dacic.

He also informed reporters that SPS representatives did not discuss other topics with the president today.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)