Exclusive: Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić

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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Peace in Kosovo has long been fragile, and tensions with its neighbor Serbia are right now drawing international concern. The roots of these tensions run deep. In 1999, the United States and allies defended Kosovar Albanians from brutal ethnic cleansing and abuse by Serbia. Afterwards, Kosovo declared independence in 2008, which Serbia does not recognize, although the EU has been mediating dialogue aimed at normalizing the relationship. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić joins the show from Belgrade for an exclusive interview. Also on today's show: author Heather McGhee; Carter Center CEO Paige Alexander; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up. Is history
0:08.8	repeating itself between Serbia and Kosovo as the White House calls for immediate
0:14.1	de-escalation, the Serbian President Alexander Vutich joins me for an
0:18.4	exclusive interview. Then the government will not shut down
0:24.0	crisis will have been averted.
0:25.0	A US government shut down avoided for now, but at what cost?
0:30.0	Policy expert Heather McGee joins me.
0:32.0	Plus... That's head of... Wonderful. policy expert Heather McGee joins me.
0:32.6	Plus, I've had a wonderful life.
0:35.4	I've had thousands of friends
0:37.3	and I've had an exciting and adventurous and ratifying existence.
0:43.0	Jimmy Carter turns 99, how this former president keeps defying the odds with the Carter
0:49.1	sent his CEO Paige Alexander.
0:52.1	Also ahead, as Donald Trump heads back to court this time for a
0:55.6	civil fraud trial, Harry Streinovassen speaks to Pulitzer Prize-winning
0:59.7	reporter David K Johnston about the future of his business empire. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. Peace in
1:26.7	Kosovo has long been fragile and tensions with its neighbors Serbia are right
1:31.6	now drawing international concern.
1:34.0	Washington says it saw an unprecedented buildup of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border.
1:39.7	But Serbia's army chief today says they have now withdrawn some of those troops that
1:44.6	were stationed there. It comes after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years
1:49.1	when a Kosovo police officer was killed in an ambush last weekend. A standoff followed Kosovo Police
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