Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. File photoBELGRADE, Aug 27Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that the country's authorities are canceling the all-European gay pride parade scheduled for mid-September in Belgrade in light of the crisis in Kosovo and Metohija and other problems and challenges. family values. The organizers of the action noted that they received the blessing of Bishop Nikanor of Banat, who had earlier publicly condemned and anathematized all the organizers and participants of the EuroPride expected on September 12-18 in Belgrade. At the same time, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has repeatedly stressed his understanding of the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church, as well as the fact that the authorities have not yet issued official permission to hold an all-European gay pride parade in Serbia in September and that he himself does not go to such events. «By agreement with the majority of members of the government and the head of the cabinet, of course, will have several votes against, they will justify this, in accordance with the law, the “Pride Parade” announced in September will be canceled or postponed, or whatever this miracle is called, it doesn’t matter,” Vučić said on Saturday to citizens.» I say this not because I am happy, but because we cannot at the moment when we have (in Belgrade a meeting of the cross-border initiative — ed.) Open Balkan, when the severe crisis in Kosovo and Metohija, which will not stop until October 31 , and I'm afraid that it will only deepen, since no one wants to give in, and we have nowhere to retreat,» the head of state said. 83fdf5c1c12b1528214.jpg» />Vučić: Serbia quickly went bankrupt if it hadn't stocked up on Russian gasAccording to the gay parade, he said, he «never liked these demonstrations.» But as a normal citizen, I don't care, this one day I will watch football, basketball, read a book «I can do nothing more. And I will behave this way while I'm alive. Because these people are our brothers, sisters, children, our parents. And you just pretend that you don't see this or have forgiven yourself for not forgiving others «, — said Vučić. «Something I don't see a queue for Kosovo to go defend. But there is one to beat in Belgrade, especially those who are weaker. You won't have such an opportunity,» the President of Serbia emphasized. The situation around Kosovo has escalated due to the plans of Pristina from August 1 to ban cars with Serbian numbers and documents from entering the region. In the north of Kosovo, where many Serbs live, riots broke out, in response, the authorities of the self-proclaimed republic pulled the police there. But following a US request, the Kosovo authorities delayed the ban's entry into force for a month. This move was welcomed in Belgrade, saying that the leadership of Serbia and the authorities in Pristina were on the verge of a serious conflict, but official Belgrade managed to keep the peace. >Vučić spoke about the failure of negotiations on Kosovo
