Serbian President Vucic announced control over the country's external debt

"We keep our external debt strictly under control below 60% [of GDP]," TASS quoted Vucic as saying in an interview on the country's national television.

According to him, at the time of 2014, the country's external debt amounted to 79% in relation to GDP.

On December 25, 2021, the Kremlin confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Vucic paid attention to the supply of Russian natural gas in a telephone conversation.