DAVOS, Switzerland, January 20. Serbia,
Azerbaijan, and Armenia must work together on areas like AI,
innovation, and defense while safeguarding their sovereignty and
national interests, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić said
during the panel discussions on Defining Eurasia's Economic
Identity at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Trend reports.


Vučić highlighted the importance of cooperation among smaller
countries in a world where “a big fish eats smaller fishes” without
regard to international rules.


“We'll have to get along with each other, we'll have to
cooperate, we'll have to do things together. Because in today's
world where we are facing no rules, no regulations… we'll have to
take care of ourselves,” he said.


He noted that countries in the region face a choice between
joining large, newly defined global powers or protecting their
independence, expressing confidence that Serbia, Azerbaijan, and
Armenia would choose sovereignty.


“Knowing Azerbaijani people, Armenian people, and Serbian
people, I know that we'll pick the option number two, which means
that we'll protect our countries, our nations, our sovereignty and
our independence, wanting, of course, to cooperate with everybody,”
Vučić said.


The Serbian president also called for closer collaboration on
innovation and regular political consultations.


“The most important is to not continue to band our faiths even
more than it has ever been the case in the past, that we should
work together on AI, innovations, defense sector, and we should
have even more often political consultations on different issues,”
he said.


Vučić added that he regards both Armenia and Azerbaijan as
friendly countries and stressed the strategic importance of
Caucasus countries as a bridge between Europe and Asia.


“When we are together, you know, we are much stronger. And
Caucasus countries became like a key intermediary, but also the
meeting point between Europe and Asia,” he said. “We are all three
members of the European Political Community. We are on the EU path
a bit more advanced than some Caucasus countries, but we are pretty
much in the same situation.”