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what is the purpose of serbia's decision to purchase french rafale fighter jets?

2024-08-30

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french president emmanuel macron is about to visit serbia, during which he will discuss with the serbian side many issues regarding the sale of 12 rafale fighter jets.

president vucic confirmed the news in an interview and said he hoped to reach an agreement on the deal this week.

these 12 rafale fighter jets are not cheap, and serbia will spend 3 billion euros on them.

serbia has been using russian and chinese fighter jets for a long time. why does it want to buy french fighter jets?

the main reason should be that serbia does not want to put all its eggs in one basket. serbia now has the idea of ​​joining the european union and integrating into the west. after all, it is geographically a european country and is geographically far away from china and russia.

so, from this perspective, serbia's purchase of french rafale fighter jets may be seen as an attempt to curry favor, but it should be difficult for serbia to join the eu. after all, its core interest - the kosovo issue - is very different from that of western countries.

but we believe that serbia will not betray china and russia, and china and russia will continue to support serbia in safeguarding its core interests.