“It's hard to say who was more disgusting, the Slovenians or someone else,” Vučić said earlier this week.
These remarks drew a swift rebuke from Ljubljana. Foreign Minister Tanja Fajonová described them as “an insult to our entire nation”, summoned the Serbian chargé d'affaires and demanded an apology.
“The message is not appropriate for a country that reiterates its commitment and belonging to European values, which it emphasizes in the EU membership negotiation process,” she said.
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob said that Vučić's statements remind us of a different time and are not worthy of relations between the two countries.
Vučić acknowledged that he called the Slovenians “disgusting”, but insisted that he was “referring to the Security Council meeting”. He said he had many friends in Slovenia but would “limit” his visits to the country and invited Golob and the Slovenian president to Belgrade for a personal discussion.
“If necessary, I will apologize once more and tell them that I definitely did not mean all Slovenians, and I will tell them to their faces what I think about their bad policy towards the Serbian people,” he said.