{"id":20833,"date":"2020-08-11T19:57:38","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T19:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/08\/11\/serbia-considers-buying-chinese-missiles-despite-us-warning\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:52:12","slug":"serbia-considers-buying-chinese-missiles-despite-us-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2020\/08\/11\/serbia-considers-buying-chinese-missiles-despite-us-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia considers buying Chinese missiles despite US warning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BELGRADE, Serbia \u2014 Serbia is considering buying a modern Chinese air defense missile system, the Serbian president said Tuesday, as the United States warned that such deals with Beijing could jeopardize the Balkan country\u2019s proclaimed European Union membership goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aleksandar Vucic said that \u201cwe were thinking, but we have not yet purchased\u201d the FK-3 system \u2014 the export version of the Chinese last-generation, medium range HQ-22 anti-aircraft system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serbia, which has been beefing up its military mainly with Russian aircraft and armored vehicles, last month received six Chinese CH-92A attack and reconnaissance drones. That made Serbia the first European country to deploy the Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles.  <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/unmanned\/2018\/09\/20\/serbia-looks-to-acquire-chinese-drones-and-the-technological-know-how\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-918216698.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Serbia looks to acquire Chinese drones and the technological know-how<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Serbia is positioning itself as a military-neutral country, as its government aims to procure weapons and military gear for the country\u2019s armed forces from various suppliers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Embassy in Belgrade said that \u201cprocuring military and defense equipment is a sovereign decision. However, governments should understand the short- and long-term risks and costs involved in doing business with Chinese companies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProcurement choices should reflect Serbia\u2019s stated policy goal of greater European integration,\u201d an embassy statement said. \u201cAlternative vendors which are not beholden to authoritarian regimes offer equipment that is both capable of meeting Serbia\u2019s defense need and comparable in quality and cost.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reacting to the statement, Vucic said: \u201cWhenever we decide to buy something, somebody has something against it.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He claimed that the FK-3 anti-aircraft system is not on the list of U.S. sanctions against China and that the purchase depends on the financial terms of the deal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will make the decision as a free and sovereign country,\u201d Vucic said. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/08\/21\/serbia-takes-delivery-of-2-russian-fighter-jets\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_18233436428178.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Serbia takes delivery of 2 Russian fighter jets<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Serbia\u2019s air force on Tuesday took the delivery of two Russian MiG-29 fighter jets, part of an arms purchase that could heighten tensions in the Balkans and increase Moscow\u2019s influence in the region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian and Chinese arming of Serbia, as well as their growing political and economic influence in the Balkan state, is being watched with unease in the West and among Serbia\u2019s neighbors.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions are growing in the Balkans, which went through a devastating civil war in the 1990s. NATO intervened in Serbia to stop a bloody Serb crackdown against Kosovo Albanian separatists in 1999. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serbia, which formally wants to join the EU, declared military neutrality in 2006 and joined NATO\u2019s Partnership for Peace outreach program. Its populist leadership is against membership in the Western military alliance although most of Serbia\u2019s neighbors are within NATO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked about the latest arming of Serbia with the modern Chinese air defense system, a NATO official who spoke on customary condition of anonymity said \u201cdefense procurement is a national decision.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cSerbia has the right to freely choose its political and security arrangements. 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