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The John Batchelor Show

PREVIEW: SERBIA: Colleague Ivana Stradner of FDD comments on the close working bond between Belgrade's Vucic and PRC's Xi. More.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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PREVIEW: SERBIA: Colleague Ivana Stradner of FDD comments on the close working bond between Belgrade's Vucic and PRC's Xi. More.
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0:00.0

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0:24.5

This is John Batchel, conversation with Havana Stradner,

0:27.5

the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about Serbia.

0:29.4

Serbia in China.

0:32.4

Alexander Vouchich is the leader of Serbia.

0:34.6

There is much protest about his leadership.

0:40.4

However, Ivana here informs us that it is no accident that Vuchitch was in the parade review in Beijing for the military display by Xi Jinping. Weapons systems, training,

0:49.3

the relationship between Belgrade and Beijing blossoms.

0:56.8

And there's an explanation for it.

0:58.2

Here's Ivana to explain.

0:59.6

More of this tonight.

1:04.0

Let's start with this.

1:05.7

It's not that he will.

1:16.4

He is because Serbia provides China with China with initial security foothold in Europe and increasingly anti-Western partner because Serbia purchased FK3 air defense systems and drones from China.

1:24.4

announcing that training in China had officially been completed,

1:31.3

they also had some sort of like a military exercise.

1:35.5

And there is a spread of Chinese surveillance technology in the country.

1:42.1

And this is just in terms of security that is happening there.

1:47.4

But not only that, it's also economic thing because Wuchitch needs China for his survival

1:53.0

because of economic benefits.

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