President Vucic hints at possible referendum on Serbia’s BRICS accession

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that the popularity rating of BRICS in the country has reached 42%, making it a significant topic for discussion in the republic over the next two years.

In an interview with RTS, President Vucic the possibility of a referendum on Serbia's accession to BRICS , News.Az reports, citing TASS.

"Several days ago, I looked at what people in Serbia think about. Today, if you tell them about BRICS, many will not even fully understand what that means. They have heard that this is some other countries, which blackmail us less, but they do not know that there are no real mechanisms, and it does not work on the same principle as the EU," Vucic claimed, adding that "the popularity of BRICS in Serbia is currently on the same level [as the EU] - at about 42%."

"I believe that many will not like the discussion of this issue, but it will be very serious in a year and a half to two years in this country. If BRICS manages to fill its mechanisms with content, and would even achieve certain success in the establishment of a common or a single payment means through cryptocurrencies, because it would be impossible to establish a single currency, then there will still be much lower level of unity than in the EU. Someone will tell you in a political sense that this is exactly what we need, but it is not so simply, it is extremely complicated. I do not rule out a possibility that, at some election, when people will vote for a new president in two and a half years, this will become one of key topics. Who knows, maybe it will even become a point for a referendum," the Serbian leader said.

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