If the European Union has a red line in Serbia¡¯s relationship to China, President Aleksandar Vucic may be getting close.
The Balkan nation, the only European buyer of advanced Chinese weaponry west of Belarus, upgraded its arsenal this year to include supersonic missiles from China. Next may be fighter jets, a possible discussion topic when Vucic visits China next week.
A Beijing bridgehead at the border of the EU has deepened doubts about the prospect of Belgrade joining the bloc and the limits of Vucic¡¯s strategy of juggling ties to the West, China and Russia.
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