Vucic: Hungary to call new session on Cluster 3

ZURICH - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Hungary, which holds the EU presidency, would call a new session on opening Cluster 3 in the accession talks with Serbia for next week after ambassadors of EU member states failed to agree on a green light for the move on Wednesday.

In a statement to the RTS, Vucic said the three Baltic states, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Croatia and Bulgaria had opposed the move.

"If God asked me if we have done anything wrong to the Bulgarians, I would not be able to explain that. It seems to me that I understand the real reasons although you will never hear them. As for the Croats, I understand everything, I do not have a big problem with understanding that," Vucic said.

The most important thing for Serbia is to fight and talk to everyone, he said.

He said the fact Germany supported opening Cluster 3 was very positive.

"France and Italy have been, and remained, in favour, and I thank them for the support. We are talking about support from large countries. Will we succeed or not? Thank you to them if they open Cluster 3 for us, and thank you to them if they do not - no problem whatsoever," Vucic said.

He added that Serbia was aiming to become Europe's fastest-growing economy next year.