Serbia, as China's old iron, recently announced the purchase of France Rafale fighters, which naturally triggered public opinion, in this regard, Serbia Prime Minister Vucevic talked about the reason for choosing France Rafale fighters instead of Russia-made or Chinese-made. Vučević said that one of the main reasons is that neither China nor Russia can send fighter jets to Serbia. “
Vucevic is telling the truth, because the Chinese equipment purchased by Serbia before was also very difficult to send into Serbia.
Serbia is a veritable landlocked country with a very special geographical location, completely surrounded by NATO member countries, and Serbia has no seaport, so Chinese cargo ships cannot be transported directly to Serbia. The arrival of the Y-20 in Serbia in April 2022 is also a twist and turn, after the Y-20 takes off from China, it has to stop in Baku in Azerbaijan and Istanbul in Turkey on the way, and then passes through a number of Central Asian countries, and finally flies over Armenia and Bulgaria, and finally lands in Belgrade.
And this behavior directly caused the dissatisfaction of the United States, and therefore, NATO put pressure on the neighboring countries of Serbia not to allow the airspace to be opened to Chinese aircraft again, and even the Bulgaria, which has always been friendly with China, could not open the airspace to China because of NATO's pressure, which directly led to the delay in the delivery of FK-3.
As a fourth-generation fighter with excellent performance, the J-10CE fighter must know that the J-10C fighter, some of the weapon performance can suppress the surrounding air power. United States is difficult to accept Serbia with such equipment, the Rafale is different, the Rafale is Western equipment.
You know, United States has always wanted to start civil strife in Serbia, overthrow Vučić, the Balkans, has always been called a "powder keg", but many people have always blamed the inherent contradictions of the Yugoslav nation, never said that imperialism is constantly inciting, instigating and subverting this place... Since 2022, the United States has been stirring up relations between Kosovo and Serbia, even threatening Vucic that "disobedience will allow the Kosovo authorities to attack Serbs."
Serbia's purchase of China's advanced weapons systems will be conducive to the stability of Serbia's domestic situation, but this is obviously not in line with United States' wishes. The Associated Press has issued an article saying that China's delivery of advanced anti-aircraft missile systems to Serbia, an ally of Russia, will pose a threat to the fragile peace of the Balkans, known as Europe's powder keg, and will especially increase tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.
Therefore, this is also a testing moment for China, solving the problem of the delivery of the Serre arms order, and even in the future, it will no longer be troubled by the problem of the opening of transit airspace.
This is very important for China's military industry, which will establish a safe and reliable image for the Continental Army, the military industry is not more than other transactions, safe and reliable, and it is very important to be trustworthy, after all, the weapons imported by any country are above the demand, and it is also to enhance national defense strength, if the weapons and equipment cannot be delivered on time, and even will be blocked, then it will not be able to establish prestige in the international military market.
Serbia regards China as its most important friend and is willing to maintain cooperation with China in all aspects, if China can solve Serbia's reasonable arms needs in a timely manner, it will be a new beginning for the mainland, which means that in the future, there will be more and more trade exchanges with Serbia, and both sides have achieved mutual benefit and win-win results.