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Serbia's military and air force are loosely based on Soviet technology, but it has also purchased helicopters and transport planes from Airbus
(AIR.PA), opens new tab, radars from Thales
(TCFP.PA), opens new tab and France's Mistral surface-to-air missiles.
Vucic also sought to assure that Serbia will not share Rafales technology with Moscow.
"We are not Russian spies to transfer technology, we paid for this with Serbian citizens' money," Vucic said.
Serbia also operates Chinese missiles and drones. Its defence budget amounts to around 2% of gross domestic product (GDP).
This is Macron's second meeting with Vucic this year and follows the visit of Chinese President
Xi Jinping to Belgrade in May, highlighting Serbia’s strategic position on the edge of the EU, with ties to the east and west.
The EU remains Serbia's single biggest investor and hundreds of thousands of Serbs work in Western-owned companies.
But Belgrade, which seeks to diversify its gas supplies, is also dependent on Russian gas and has the Kremlin's support in its opposition to the 2008 independence of Kosovo.
Before it joins the EU, Serbia would have to improve democracy, the rule of law and judiciary, root out corruption, red tape and organised crime and mend ties with Kosovo.
It must also align its foreign policies with those of Brussels, including the introduction of sanctions against Russia.
To je bukvalno sažeto u ovom naslovu. Dakle, ovo je novi poziv Srbiji da i vojno stoji sa Francuskom. Da se opredeli.