“It is very difficult to tackle people’s sentiments and people’s emotions. But this is our job to do it, to do everything in a very rational and realistic way.”

Source: "Interview with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic" in The Washington Post https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hVJ4pTob2RAJ:https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/10/03/interview-with-serbian-president-aleksandar-vucic/+&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us (3 October 2018)

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