
VIDEO | Andonović: Geostrategic shifts, a reason for the formation of military alliances in the region?
A military alliance between Serbia and Hungary is being prepared soon. Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President Aleksandar Vucic have already entered into serious implementation of the military alliance between the two countries.
Recommended
This announcement is Serbia's response to the agreement signed in Tirana by Croatia, Albania and Kosovo, and since Croatia and Albania are members of NATO,
Hungary, as a member of the Alliance, may sign a similar agreement with a country that is not in the North Atlantic Alliance, which according to the announcements is Serbia.
The defense ministries of Albania, Kosovo, and Croatia signed a trilateral defense memorandum in Tirana on Tuesday, which, as they said, is a message to all who dare to threaten the security, peace, and stability of the Western Balkans, or rather, a message to all that these three countries, which share common values and interests, are united to oppose any danger aimed at destabilizing the region.
Belgrade interprets the formation of a defense alliance between Kosovo and Croatia as a direct threat to Serbia, which, according to the authorities there, is a signal that the country should continue strengthening its security and defense capacities.
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, himself stated that the signing of the memorandum between Albania, Kosovo and Croatia on cooperation in the field of defense represents a violation of the subregional agreement and added that he is almost certain that NATO was not even informed about it.
"This is a violation of the so-called subregional arms control agreement of 1996, but from the reactions from Croatia and some other parts of the region we saw that they are not very interested in it. I am almost convinced that NATO was not even informed and that they were not even told which agreements were violated," Vucic said.
Croatian Prime Minister Plenkovic responded to Vucic promptly, saying that for the signing of the military agreement between Zagreb, Tirana, and Pristina, the three countries did not need permission from either Serbia or NATO for the agreement.
Croatia, Albania and Kosovo signed a declaration on strengthening defense cooperation on Tuesday. The declaration, which can be joined by other countries, emphasizes the importance of joint responses to security challenges, hybrid threats and other risks that can jeopardize regional stability, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The Serbian president, who often boasts about his country's new weapons and claims to have the strongest army in the region, criticized the three countries in Brussels on Wednesday, claiming that their agreement has opened an arms race in the region.
Especially at a time when tensions are rising in Bosnia and Herzegovina regarding the efforts of Republika Srpska to form its own army, the geostrategic shifts resulting from the war between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the new relations between Europe and the United States. All of these processes increase the already high tensions in the region.