Serbia Seeks More Warplanes Amid Balkan Tensions

Serbia Seeks More Warplanes Amid Balkan Tensions
A Serbian army MiG-29 jet fighter performs during exercise at a ceremony marking 72 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi Germany, at Nikinci training ground, 60 kilometers west of Belgrade, Serbia, on May 9, 2017. Darko Vojinovic/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BELGRADE, Serbia—Serbia will strengthen its armed forces and is seeking to purchase more warplanes amid simmering tensions in the Balkans, the Serbian president said Sunday.

President Aleksandar Vucic said “certain initiatives” have been made to buy a fleet of fighter-bombers, accusing the U.S. and other Western countries of arming Serbia’s NATO neighbors and its breakaway former province of Kosovo.