Vučić specified that on December 31, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Bocan-Kharchenko would convey Putin's message to him.

“He insisted that he would give me these congratulations before the end of this year.

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) for the congratulations, ”TASS quotes the Serbian leader.

Earlier, the Kremlin press service reported that Putin congratulated a number of world leaders on the New Year and Christmas.